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 👉 Follow the podcast for daily updates from inside the inquiry

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