Keeping you involved

Brenkley Lane
Surface Mine
Community Update
We invite you to a public exhibition at:
Dinnington Social Club
Tuesday 23 April 2013 between 3pm and 7pm
Keeping you involved
There’s plenty of good news
to update you on since our
last newsletter. Please read
on to see what we’ve been up
to in your community and for
an update on operations at
Brenkley Lane.
We will be submitting a planning application to Newcastle City
Council and Northumberland County Council in May to extract some
additional coal but this won’t require us to extend the lifetime of the
mine and we’re still on track to have the site fully restored by the end
of 2021.
We are having a public exhibition in Dinnington Social Club on
Tuesday 23 April to give you a chance to come and look at the plans
and ask us any questions you may have. We hope you’ll take the
opportunity to join us for a cuppa and a chat and we look forward to receiving your feedback.
Get involved: see back page for our contact details
Banks in
your community
Supporting your local facilities
Here is a list of the grants made in your area by the Brenkley Lane Community Fund so far. If you are a member
of a local group who would like to apply for funding then please contact us using the details on the back page.
Grant awarded to...
Dinnington Village Social Welfare Centre – Refurbishment of the Hall
£22,500
Horton, Havannah & Brenkley Tenants & Residents Association – For park at Dinnington Recreation Ground
£30,000
Stannington Village Hall – Resurfacing of the Car Park
£10,000
Stannington Village Show Group – “Best in Show Trophy”
Stannington Village Hall – New hall and stage curtains
Hazlerigg Action Group – A new play area
Blagdon Estate Cricket Club
Stannington First School – Christmas pantomime
TOTAL AWARDED TO DATE
The Lady of the North gets
a red nose for Comic Relief
On 15th March, a team
of students battled snow
and strong winds at the
top of Northumberlandia
to give her a red nose for
Comic Relief.
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They were supported by volunteers from The Land Trust, the charity
that has taken over the long-term management of the 100ft sculpture.
The Lady of the North’s 9.7m-wide nose is about as big as three
double-decker buses and about three times the width of the Statue of Liberty’s face!
The £3 million cost of building Northumberlandia was entirely funded
by the Banks Group and Blagdon Estate and we are delighted to see
how many local people have been making use of this fantastic new
attraction for Northumberland. A £142,000 new visitor centre will be
built in the next few months which we are funding through our Banks
Community Fund.
Value
£110
£7,500
£30,000
£2,000
£286
£102,396
New apprentices
We are very excited to have appointed three apprentice
mechanics and one apprentice welder who will be working
at our Shotton and Brenkley Lane surface mines. Banks
and Northumberland College have spent two years
developing these bespoke apprenticeships which include a
comprehensive two-year training programme at the college as
well as on-site work.
We are also making a range of equipment on site available
for the college, including engines, hydraulic systems and
excavator buckets.
As a major employer in south east Northumberland, we
feel that we have a responsibility to provide training and
development opportunities for local young people who want
to make their way in the world, and to help them gain skills
that will not only serve them well whilst they’re working with
us, but throughout their working lives.
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Update on
site operations
We have been looking
at additional operations on
the Brenkley site in order to
sustain the fifty jobs on site
and continue our support
for local suppliers.
Current approved scheme
Site
compound
area
Extent of
approved
coal extraction
Site
boundary
Late last year we began looking at the area to the south of Brenkley Lane, but further investigations showed that
some of the coal seams had been mined in the past which
effectively means that the site is currently economically
unviable.
This was a big disappointment for the company but we
are pleased to have identified a smaller extension that will
yield over 400,000 additional tonnes of coal and can be
worked within the currently approved timescales. The plans
opposite show how the site would be modified to access the
additional coal.
Amended proposed scheme
Site
compound
area
Brenkley Additional - Key Facts
Timeline
•Over 400,000 tonnes of additional coal
April 2010
Planning permission granted
•Increase in site boundary of 3 hectares
(approximately the size of 6 football pitches)
2012
Brenkley South area investigated
Early 2013
Brenkley South area dropped
Spring 2013 Consultation on Brenkley Additional
May 2013 Submission of planning application
2020
End of coal extraction
2021 Completion of restoration
•No extension in timescales
•Restoration completed by end of 2021
•Submission of planning application in May 2013
•Application will be assessed by Newcastle City Council and Northumberland County Council
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Proposed
additional
coal extraction
area
Amended screening
Amended site
boundary
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Brenkley Additional
What we’re about
Key Benefits
400k
Over 400,000
tonnes of north
east coal
Over £16million
staying in the UK
rather than being
spent on imported
coal
Over £40,000 of
additional revenue
for the Brenkley Lane
Community Fund
50 jobs supported
Plant
Overburden/haul road
Coal processing
Dust suppression
Coaling
Maintenance
erburden extraction
10x Heavy
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
3x Loading shovels
2x Water bowser operators
4x Excavators
1x Engineer
Prime movers
Overburden/haul
Overburden/haul
road
Coalroad
processing
Dustprocessing
suppression
Dust suppression
Coaling
Coaling
MaintenanceMaintenance
Maintenance
Overburden
extraction
Overburden
extraction
Site Site
supervisors
Site supervisors
Overburden/haul
Overburden/haul
road
road Coal processing
Coal
Coal
processing
Dust
Dust
suppression
suppression
Maintenance
Overburden
Overburden
extraction
extraction
Site
supervisors
supervisors
plant fitters
6x Dump truck
drivers
1x Cleaners
x Dump
truck
drivers
Plant
Coaling
Coaling Plant
10x Heavy
10x Heavy
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
3x Loading shovels
3x Loading
2x Water
shovels
bowser
2xoperators
Water bowser operators
4x Excavators 4x Excavators
1x Engineer
1x Engineer
3x Prime movers3x Prime movers
1x Site manager1x Site manager
1x
1xGrader
Grader/ /2x
2xDozers
Dozers
3x
3xLoading
Loadingshovels
shovels
2x
2xWater
Waterbowser
bowseroperators
operators
4x
4xExcavators
Excavators
1x
1xEngineer
Engineer
3x
3xPrime
Primemovers
movers
1x
1xSite
Sitemanager
manager
plant
fitters
plant fitters
6x Dump truck drivers
6x Dump truck
drivers
Cleaners
1x Cleaners
14x Dump truck14x
drivers
Dump truck1xdrivers
2x Supervisors 2x Supervisors
2x
2xSupervisors
Supervisors
14x
14xDump
Dumptruck
truckdrivers
drivers
Site supervisors
1x Site manager
2x Supervisors
Overburden extraction
3x Prime movers
14x Dump truck drivers
£5million a year
input into the
local economy
maintained
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6x
6xDump
Dumptruck
truckdrivers
drivers
1x
1xCleaners
Cleaners
Maintenance
1x Engineer
1x Cleaners
Overburden/haul road
1x Grader / 2x Dozers
Environmental
improvements
and new wildlife
habitats
Coal processing
3x Loading shovels
Dust suppression
2x Water bowser operators
100% coal
transported by
rail from Port
of Blyth
Coaling
4x Excavators
6x Dump truck drivers
Plant
Plant
10x
10xHeavy
Heavy
plant
plantfitters
fitters
Plant
10x Heavy
plant fitters
Over £200K in
business rates
each year
Banks Mining is part of
the Banks Group. At Banks
Mining we design, develop
and operate surface mines
(many of which have been in
the north east) providing coal
to help meet our society’s
demand for energy in a
responsible and
considerate way.
Development with care is at the heart of our way of
working, and it’s proven in every one of our projects by
actions, more so than words. Respect and consideration
for your environment, your community and our customers,
employees and suppliers are at the centre of everything
we do.
Your new contact
Barry Grimes
Development Relations
Coordinator
Barry is your new contact in the community as Emily Hunter
is on maternity leave. Barry has already been working for
Banks with communities in Durham and Cumbria for the
past two years. He is excited about getting to know your
community and helping you reap the benefits from our
investment in your area.
You can come and meet Barry at our public exhibition. If
you can’t make it to the exhibition but would like to ask any
questions and share your views, you can write to or email
Barry at the address on the back cover of this newsletter.
We’d love to hear from you.
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Come and
get involved
We look forward to meeting you at our exhibition
and hearing your views and suggestions on our
proposals. If you can’t make it to our exhibition,
or you’d like to get in touch then please write or
email:
WRITE: Barry Grimes
Development Relations Coordinator
Banks Mining, Inkerman House,
St John’s Road, Meadowfield,
Durham DH7 8XL
EMAIL:brenkley@banksgroup.co.uk
CALL: 0191 378 6100
CLICK: www.banksgroup.co.uk
HJB/BA675/188. Published April 2013. Printed on paper from sustainable sources. © The Banks Group Ltd 2013. All rights reserved.
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