A plan which suggests lorries would be allowed round-the-clock access to the Horse Hill oil site would threaten road safety and disturb local people, the Weald Action Group has complained.
A network of groups opposed to fracking near Formby has called for the scheme to be refused because of concerns about flooding, peat extraction, the green belt, noise, traffic and impacts on wildlife.
The first UK anti-fracking campaigners found guilty of breaching a protest injunction have failed to overturn the ruling against them.
Angus Energy has said it will seek a five-year extension to its oil production licence at Brockham in Surrey.
A government minister seemed this morning to support the idea that a permanent ban on fracking would be the best way his department could tackle climate change.
