Oil company told to provide more details on National Park oil production plans
Planners in the South Downs have demanded more information on the effects of plans to drill new wells and produce oil for 20 years.
Gloucestershire votes against fracking again
Councillors in Gloucestershire have supported a motion repeating their opposition to fracking in the county. They also condemned individual payments to people in fracking areas and calling for a review of Government policy on the issue.
Small step towards oil exploration near Surrey beauty spot – but no prospect of drilling soon
Plans by Europa Oil & Gas to explore for oil in woodland near the Surrey beauty spot of Leith Hill inched forward today but it will still be some time before drilling could start.
Environmental permit for shale gas drilling at Tinker Lane in Notts – no groundwater monitoring required
A second shale gas site has come a step closer in north Nottinghamshire.
Portsmouth Council “very strongly objects” to UKOG’s South Downs oil drilling plans
Conservative-led Portsmouth City Council has voted unanimously to object to 20-year plans to drill for oil in the South Downs National Park.
N Yorks council failed to assess fracking impact on bats – Friends of the Earth
Councillors deciding Third Energy’s fracking application in North Yorkshire were given “misleading” information about bats flying over the wellsite, Friends of the Earth said today.
Green light for first E Mids shale gas plan – but with 40 conditions and a restoration bond
Nottinghamshire councillors have approved the first shale gas application in the East Midlands. At a meeting of the county council’s planning committee, members voted 7-4 in favour of IGas’s plans for two exploratory shale gas wells at Springs Road, Misson. Click here for who voted how on the […]
Live updates: IGas shale plans for Springs Road, Misson approved
Councillors in Nottinghamshire resume their discussion at 10.30am of an application by IGas to drill two shale gas wells at Springs Road, Misson, in Bassetlaw. The decision was deferred on 5 October to allow the county council to take legal advice on a covenant on a neighbouring nature […]
First Notts shale gas plan back before councillors
Councillors in Nottinghamshire resume discussions in the morning (15/11/2016) on an IGas plan to drill two shale gas wells at Misson in Bassetlaw.
Strengthen policy on “acid fracking” in South Downs – National Park Authority
Members of the South Downs National Park Authority have called for stricter controls on how oil could be produced in future.
