Almost 200,000 tonnes of coal have been dug up in the six months since planning permission ended.
The UK's largest - and now last - opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran has a long and controversial history, and its closure is also turning into a drawn-out saga.An animated map showing Ffos-y-Fran opencast site near Merthyr Tydfil and villages at the top of the Rhymney valley
Figures show that between 7 September 2022 and 31 March 2023, 199,307 tonnes of coal were dug up at the site.In an open letter of legal advice, barristers working with the campaign group Coal Action Network said the situation brought the planning system "into disrepute". While the council could be seen as being "a little cautious" this was down to wanting to get the decision right in a "really complicated case" and not leaving itself open to legal challenge, he suggested.
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