
Cuadrilla’s Elswick site in Lancashire. Photo: Cuadrilla Resources
Key facts
Last updated 12/12/22
Address: Off Roseacre Road, Elswick, Preston PR4 3XD
Planning application: Submitted 9 January 2020 for another five years at the site – approved July 2022.
Operator: Cuadrilla Elswick
Licence: EXL269
Status: Application for retention approved. No gas production since2013.
Timeline
12 December 2022
Cuadrilla seeks go-ahead to generate electricity at Elswick gas site in Lancashire. Details
31 March 2022
Reprieve for Elswick wells as regulator allows Cuadrilla until June 2023 to produce credible reuse plans for site. Main details and reaction
9 February 2022
Regulator orders Cuadrilla to plug and abandon gas well at Elswick. Details
15 July 2020
Council extends life of Cuadrilla’s Elswick gas site – subject to traffic plan. Details
7 July 2020
Planners back five more years at Cuadrilla’s suspended gas site. Details
31 January 2020
“Suspicion” at Cuadrilla’s gas plans for Elswick. Details
13 January 2020
Cuadrilla seeks consent to retain Elswick gas site. Details
9 January 2020
Cuadrilla confirms it has submitted an application to retain the site for a further five years. Details
April 2013
Advertising Standards Authority rules that Cuadrilla breached its code over comments on fracking at Elswick in a community newsletter
January 2010
Elswick-1 sold to Cuadrilla Resources by Warwick Energy
1996
Elswick gas field commissioned
1993
Elswick-1 gas well completed and stimulated by Independent Energy