0191 378 6100 enquiries@banksgroup.co.uk About us Renewables Property Mining Community Fund Careers News Feedback Restoration and Landscaping Safe, responsible and efficient We have restored and landscaped every surface mine we have ever worked. We have worked and restored over 114 surface mineral sites since we started operations in 1976. We have over 45 years’ experience in the industry using our development with care approach to provide a variety of benefits to our local communities as a direct result of our restoration and landscaping projects. These projects have created new community parks, nature reserves, fishing ponds, restored historic landscapes and created the world famous Northumberlandia – ”The Lady of the North”. See: www.northumberlandia.com Our restoration design and management team manage over 40 restoration contractors from across northern England and Scotland. They work together to ensure that our newly restored sites benefit from a five year period of “aftercare” to ensure that we create an improved environment and sustainable legacy that we can be proud of. As part of our planning applications for new surface mineral sites (or quarries), a restoration plan is produced, detailing how the land will be landscaped once mineral extraction is complete. Surface mineral extraction provides the opportunity to make improvements to land that might otherwise not have been possible. Drainage and soil profiles for agricultural land can be improved or contaminated land can be cleared up, flooding can be alleviated and new landscape features can be created. Our sites are restored with the principle of what we create is an improvement on what was there before. In turn this enhances landscape value and encourages biodiversity and habitat creation. Features that we add often include wetland, woodland and wildlife areas. Some of our sites are developed into community parks to provide better public access and facilities such as fishing and boating lakes, new footpaths, bridleways, cycle ways and public art. New trees and hedgerows are also planted. To date we have planted over 1.6 million trees on landscaped sites. Once sites have been restored they enter an aftercare phase of at least five years to ensure the high quality of the landscaping is maintained. Surface mineral extraction Need For Minerals Projects Banks Transport Restoration and Landscaping Mining Projects Want to talk to us about any of our schemes? Contact us now on 0191 378 6100 or email enquiries@banksgroup.co.uk 0191 378 6100 enquiries@banksgroup.co.uk Mining Property Renewables About Us Projects News Careers Contact Us Registered office: Inkerman House, St John's Road, Meadowfield, Durham, DH7 8XL Registered in England number 2267400. VAT registration number 569 3236 14 © 2021 Banks Group. All rights reserved. Privacy | Terms & Conditions | Sitemap