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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1160 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Dipton: Loft House open-cast site

Covering Dates: 1970-1972

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    • Dipton Residents' Association (Ref: D/X 1160/1-3)

Catalogue Description

Records deposited

10 March 1997 Acc: 2434(D)

Records of Dipton Residents' Association campaign against Loft House open-cast site, 1970 - 1972

Catalogue Contents

Dipton Residents' Association (Ref: D/X 1160/1-3)Ref: D/X 1160/1

Dipton Residents' Association general correspondence file relating to the Association's campaign against an application by the National Coal Board to take coal from Loft House open-cast site, near Dipton, 2 November 1970 - June 1972
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 1160/2

Correspondence between Dipton Residents' Association and central and local government bodies, concerning the Residents' Association campaign against the application by the National Coal Board to take coal from Loft House open-cast site, near Dipton, 24 November 1970 - 22 June 1972 Includes: copy of Inspector's report following a public enquiry, July 1971
(2 files)

Ref: D/X 1160/3

Minutes of meetings of Dipton Residents' Association, 23 November and 6 December 1970; brief to Counsel on behalf of Dipton Residents' Association for Public Enquiry, [March 1971]; statement of objection of D. Tindle, [1971]; statement of objection of Joseph Chesterfield, [1971]; statement of objection of S.G. Jackson, [1971]; report on the attitude of local schools to the proposed open-cast scheme, [1971]; copy of letter from Department of Trade and Industry to National Coal Board refusing the open-cast application, 9 June 1972
(1 paper, 7 files)



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