Change to trespass law on track for drillers, despite 99% opposition
The government is going ahead with plans to change the trespass law to give underground access to oil and gas drilling companies, despite more than 40,000 objections.
Police drop 5 cautions from Balcombe protests
Sussex Police has agreed to withdraw five cautions accepted by people arrested at last year’s anti-fracking protests at Balcombe.
Police reflect on Balcombe protest one year on
Police liaison officer denies his team collected intelligence on campaigners In the final interview of our series Balcombe One Year On, Sergeant Mark Redbourn, a Police Liaison Officer with Sussex Police, looks back on the highs and lows of the anti-fracking protests outside Cuadrilla’s oil exploration site. During […]
Court refuses appeal of Balcombe anti-fracking campaigner
27th August 2014 An anti-fracking campaigner has failed to overturn his convictions for assaulting and obstructing a police evidence gatherer following last year’s protests at Balcombe. Timothy Harris, 30, of Crewkerne, Somerset, argued that any contact between him and PC Stephen Kimber outside Cuadrilla’s oil exploration site at […]
Anti-fracking campaigner challenges conviction for assaulting police officer at Balcombe protests
26th August 2014 The appeal began this morning of an anti-fracking campaigner convicted of assaulting and obstructing a police officer at last year’s protests at Balcombe.
Breaking: court date for Balcombe judicial review
21st August 2014 Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association heard this afternoon it had a court date for its legal challenge to the decision to grant planning permission to Cuadrilla to flow test an oil well in the village.
July 2014 fracking timeline
An at-a-glance view of July’s news about fracking and onshore oil and gas. For the current month’s news click here
Balcombe campaigners welcome judicial review hearing on Cuadrilla planning decision
1st August 2014 A group of Balcombe residents have welcomed the go-ahead for their legal challenge into the decision to grant planning permission to Cuadrilla.
Balcombe – one year on
25th July 2014 A year ago today, the first lorry arrived to deliver equipment to Cuadrilla’s oil exploration site at Balcombe. Its passage was blocked by a group of anti-fracking campaigners. The stand-off marked the start of a protest that lasted 65 days. It made Balcombe a household […]
West Sussex councillors did not follow spirit or letter of government policy in refusing application – Celtique Energie
22nd July 2014 The drilling company whose plans for two oil exploration wells between Wisborough Green and Kirdford were refused this morning has described its application as “compliant, comprehensive and of high quality”.
