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<p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our
reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated
coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our
world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected
to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities,
and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National
Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted
for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the
national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is
a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction
in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate
to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p>
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