2020-12-07 Statement of Evidence of Tom de Pelsemaeker on behalf of the ORC [pdf, 938 KB]
...l/s.11 9 Mining privileges are subject to a priority system. The date upon which the licence was initially granted determined its order of priority in relation to other licences, unless the Warden decreed otherwise. This priority was maintained through renewal of the licence. The holder of the earliest- dated, or highest priority licence could require the holders of any or all other licences, or other rights (in the case of the Water and Soil Conservation Act 1967 and the Resource Ma...