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Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed he will not revoke the planning permission for a controversial coal mine in County Durham.
Brokenshire revealed his decision in a letter Green party MP Caroline Lucas. In the latter he states that:
“… although there is a reserve power to revoke planning permission, it has been used very rarely and it is the department’s policy that such an intervention can only be justified in exceptional circumstances.The power will only be used if the original decision is judged to have been ‘grossly wrong’ …”.
