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Map credit:   DECC Habitats Regulations Assessments of 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licencing Round

SD73

Licence operator Osprey
Partners Ok Energy (Onshore) Limited, Energy Development And Investments Uk Limited, Osprey Petroleum Limited

Other blocks in licence SD83
Licence type Shale
Commitments One well and new 2D seismic surveying
Drill Or Drop clause None

The licence in this area covers several blocks, including this one. The listed commitments are for the whole licence area, not per block.

Administrative areas covered by licence
Lancashire
Blackburn with Darwen

Parliamentary constituencies and MPs
Blackburn      Kate Hollern  Labour
Burnley          Julie Cooper Labour
Hyndburn      Graham Jones          Labour
Pendle           Andrew Stephenson           Conservative
Ribble Valley            Nigel Evans  Conservative

European areas overlapping with licence block       No records

European areas outside block which could be adversely affected
  South Pennine Moors Phase 2 SPA
Bowland Fells SPA

Sensitivity concerns     Birds, Vibration effects from nearby drilling

Conditions
No conditions proposed.

Advice
In some instances, bird species that are associated with SPAs and some Ramsar sites may rely on non-designated habitats beyond the European site boundaries, and so could be vulnerable to activities occurring outside the designated site itself. Land within 10kmof an SPA, or a Ramsar site designated for its bird populations, is therefore considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. The European sites potentially vulnerable in or near this block are Bowland Fells SPA, South Pennine Moors Phase 2 SPA.- Some of European site interest features (e.g. birds species; fish; marine mammals) are potentially sensitive to noise or vibration effects associated with Stage A activities (as well as Stage B, C and D activities). Land within approximately 1km of a European site supporting noise or vibration sensitive features is considered to be of a potentially sensitive nature (due to its proximity to the European site) such that mitigation and/or alternative siting may be required by authorities further considering HRA issues for specific project-level operations. The European sites with features potentially vulnerable to this in or near this block are Bowland Fells SPA, South Pennine Moors Phase 2 SPA.

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