Campainers' pleas dismissed | Barnsley Chronicle
× ENVIRONMENTAL activists’ pleas for work to stop on a delivery giant’s £60m parcel hub after thousands of tons of coal was removed have been dismissed by Barnsley Council. Work has already started on delivery giant Hermes’ £60m project off Tankersley Lane in Hoyland, which is set to become Europe’s largest parcel distribution hub. Planning reports revealed the 46-hectare site had been the location of extensive opencast mining - which started in the 1940s - but campaigners urged the local authority to step in after HGVs were witnessed removing ...
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