Council accused of conflict of interest over pension fund investments
North Yorkshire County Council, which will decide a planning application next year for hydraulic fracturing, has defended pension fund investments in the fossil fuel industry.
Pictures of flooded CBM site approved by Swansea council
The site for a proposed coal bed methane exploration borehole at Bryntywod near Llangyfelach, photographed this morning during a visit by members of Swansea Council’s planning committee.
Formal complaint over council meeting on CBM plans
Residents of a small village near Swansea are to make a formal complaint about how councillors decided a planning application for coal bed methane exploration near their homes.
Update on Kirby Misperton fracking application
Third Energy agrees to February decision date and Ryedale DC defers discussion again Councillors in Ryedale in North Yorkshire have delayed for a second time their consideration of plans to frack at Kirby Misperton . Ryedale District Council’s planning committee, meeting last night, deferred debate on Third Energy’s […]
Green light for testing at Horse Hill oil well
Plans to test the Horse Hill exploratory oil well near Gatwick Airport came a step closer this week.
Environment Agency “minded” to grant permits for fracking in Ryedale
A second public consultation opens today on whether Third Energy should receive environmental permits to carry out fracking at a well at Kirby Misperton in North Yorkshire.
Consultation round-up
The government is seeking to change the rules that help people make legal challenges to environmental decisions. The proposals, if approved, could make it more expensive and risky to seek a judicial review of planning decisions.
Fifth Cuadrilla planning appeal now underway
As a government decision to have the final say on Cuadrilla’s fracking appeals made the headlines last week (see DrillOrDrop report), another appeal involving the company got underway more quietly.
Rathlin gets more time to drill – but with a no-frack condition
Councillors in East Yorkshire voted unanimously this afternoon to give Rathlin Energy another three years to operate an exploratory gas site in Holderness. But they added a condition preventing hydraulic fracturing.
Fracking could put tourists off Ryedale – council concerns
A report by council officials in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, has raised concerns that fracking in the district could put off visitors.
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