- Day 3 of the Public Inquiry — and the process is starting to reveal itself
- Questions drip-fed throughout the day, with departments (DFI / DOE) under scrutiny
- Ongoing issue: unauthorised infill and potential failure to comply with planning conditions
- Key concern: development may have bypassed Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- Cyanide resurfaces — despite assumptions it was gone
- Proposed condition: no cyanide permitted on site at any stage
- Debate deferred to mine waste session
- Major gap exposed: no independent Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA)
- Why it matters: without an HRA, a project cannot legally proceed if habitats are at risk
- Wide-ranging discussions from precautionary principle to turbary rights & Crown Estate
- Conflict of interest concerns raised including oversight of work by original project designers
- A process that raises more questions the deeper you go
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