Former Whitwell Main Colliery Land East Of Whitwell Drive, Off Whinney Lane Wakefield Streethouse WF7 6GA
A full application for the remediation of the site to remove minerals from shallow workings and re - engineer the site with compacted backfill material in layers of 250mm to 500 mm in 5 phases whilst at the same time to uncover the old mine shafts closed in 1913 and treat under the supervision of the Coal Authority and a mining engineer. To remove coal and fireclay and stockpile on site for transport to end users such as the steam heritage railway preservation societies and brickworks that are local to West, South and North Yorkshire. To extract minerals and backfill the land to a suitable condition for the construction of 92 houses on the site for which an outline application is being submitted for the access off Thistle Hill Drive.