Case Study
Restoration Of Former Colliery Sites
CASE STUDY Brownfield application: Restoration of former colliery sites Background UK Coal (formerly RJB Mining), needed to restore and landscape colliery sites at Askern and Rossington, near Doncaster and the Thoresby colliery at Mansfield. Their objective was to develop sustainable green cover, in the form of grassland and combined grassland/woodland planting. Soil-forming material was required as the inert colliery materials that f