Biscathorpe oil exploration site, Lincolnshire, 6 January 2019. Photo: Eddie Thornton
Key facts
Address: Land off High Street, Biscathorpe, Louth, Lincolnshire
Planning applications: N/O59/0053/18 (May 2018) and (E)N59/2259/14 (2015)
Operator: Egdon Resources
Licence: PEDL253
Status: Exploratory drilling for oil
Timeline
Updated: 20/2/2019
20 February 2019
Egdon Resources announced that Biscathorpe-2 well is to be sealed and suspended after it fails to find target formation. Details
7 January 2019
Biscathorpe well spudded. Details
4 January 2019
First arrests outside the Biscathorpe site: a 74-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman. Details
3 November 2018
Campaigners protest as Biscathorpe site construction begins. Details
October 2018
Dismissal of request for judicial review of Lincolnshire County Council decision.
14 May 2018
Lincolnshire County Council unanimously approved time extension for Biscathorpe site until December 2020. Details
28 February 2018
Expiry date of 2015 planning permission
12 July 2017
Environment Agency grants mining waste and radioactive substances permits. Link to permit documents and DrillOrDrop report
16 March 2015
Planning permission for three years was awarded by Lincolnshire County Council to create a well site and drill an oil exploration well.
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