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Map credit: DECC Habitats Regulations Assessments of 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licencing Round
(Maps are in the Appendix E link at the bottom of the DECC page)
SJ75 is part of PEDL293
Licence Operator IGas
Partner GDF Suez E&P UK Ltd, Island Gas Ltd
Other blocks in licence SJ76
Licence type Shale
Commitments New 2D seismic surveying
Drill Or Drop clause One well
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
Cheshire East
Staffordshire
Parliamentary constituencies and MPs
Congleton Fiona Bruce Conservative
Crewe and Nantwich Edward Timpson Conservative
Eddisbury Antoinette Sandbach Conservative
Newcastle-under-Lyme Paul Farrelly Labour
European areas overlapping with licence block
West Midland Mosses SAC
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 2 RAMSAR
Midland Meres and Mosses Phase 1 RAMSAR
European areas outside block which could be adversely affected No records
Wildlife Trust sites overlapping with block
Black Firs & Cranberry Bog (Staffordshire Wildlife Trust)
Conditions
Stage B, C and D activities will be prohibited at or near to the surface within the boundaries of all European site(s) in this block.
Advice
This block has European sites within it, or within 1km of the block boundary. In general, land within approximately 1km of a European site 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.
“No fracking in Cheshire East”, so said the former leader of the CEC. Didn’t believe it/him at the time( 12/18 months ago)him being a rabid Tory!