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Wellhill Site (comprising Wellhill Farm And Auchincross Extension) Greenburn Surface Coal Mine New Cumnock Cumnock KA18 4QD

Granted East Ayrshire 24/0525/S75 Modification and Discharge of S75

Works: Extension

Relates to 17/0858/PP, 17/0152/PP

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Discharge of planning obligations relative to (1) Planning 12/0066/PP for Recovery of coal using surface mining techniques with restoration to agriculture with nature conservation as varied by Planning Permission 17/0152/PP and (2) Planning Permission 17/0858/PP for South-westerly extension to the Wellhill Farm working area (Greenburn Surface Mine Complex) to allow the extraction of around 100,000t of coal with restoration to semi-improved grassland, woodland and provision for a replacement steading

As published by the council, reference 24/0525/S75

Application record

Reference
24/0525/S75
Type
Modification and Discharge of S75
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
18 Oct 2024
Validated
31 Oct 2024
Decided
15 May 2025
Ward
Cumnock And New Cumnock
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
KA18 4QD

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Oct 2024

    Received by East Ayrshire

  2. 31 Oct 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 15 May 2025

    Decision issued: Approved

  4. 3 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 17/0858/PP Decided

    Auchincross Farm New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QR

    South-westerly extension to the Wellhill Farm working area (Greenburn Surface Mine Complex) to allow the extraction of around 100,000t of coal with restoration to semi-improved grassland, woodland and provision for a replacement steading

    Decided 17 Apr 2018 Full applications
  • 17/0152/PP Granted

    Auchincross Farm U720 Dalricket From U719 Craigman To B741 At Littlemark New Cumnock East Ayrshire KA18 4QR

    Wellhill River Diversion Works S42 to amend conditions 1 and 2 of planning consent 12/0066/PP

    Decided 13 Mar 2018 Full applications

Who's behind it

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Pinsent Masons LLP Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 2007 · London

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Kier Green Investments Ltd (Company No. 0892243) Applicant

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

  • Signed decision notice Decision Notices · 15 Apr 2025
  • Report of handling Reports (Public) · 26 Feb 2025
  • Combined 210137 v.01 kmgbcomp wellhill reg 18 report Reports (Public) · 31 Oct 2024
  • Discharge of planning obligation Application Form · 30 Oct 2024
  • Cmp aftercare phase (ramboll 2020) Reports (Public) · 21 Oct 2024
  • 666 greenburn interim completion report 2023 final Reports (Public) · 21 Oct 2024
  • 220203 v.01 restoration slopes inspection 2022 gwp Reports (Public) · 21 Oct 2024
  • 1620016283 greenburn cmp completion report 01 october 2024 Reports (Public) · 21 Oct 2024

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What this grant of permission means

East Ayrshire granted permission on 15 May 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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