SCHEDULE 2

PART 20COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT BY THE COAL AUTHORITYAND LICENSED OPERATORS

Class C

Development not permittedC.1

Development is not permitted by Class C if—

a

the external appearance of the mine would be materially affected;

b

any building, plant or machinery, structure or erection or any deposit of minerals or waste—

i

would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level, or

ii

where a building, plant or machinery would be rearranged, replaced or repaired, the resulting development would exceed a height of 15 metres above ground level or the height of what was rearranged, replaced or repaired, whichever is the greater;

c

any building erected (other than a replacement building) would have a floor space exceeding 1,000 square metres;

d

the cubic content of any replaced, extended or altered building would exceed by more than 25% the cubic content of the building replaced, extended or altered or the floor space would exceed by more than 1,000 square metres, the floor space of that building;

e

it would be for the purpose of creating a new surface access to underground workings or of improving an existing access (which is not an active access) to underground workings; or

f

it would be carried out on land to which the description in paragraph F.2(1)(b) applies, and a plan of that land had not been deposited with the mineral planning authority before 5th June 1989.