Cuadrilla says it will consider an appeal against the refusal of planning permission this morning for its proposed fracking site and a monitoring array at Preston New Road in Lancashire. In a statement the company said it would also consider appeals against refusals for sites at Roseacre Wood and […]
Minutes after the decision to refuse fracking and monitoring schemes for Little Plumpton, Pat Davies chair of the Preston New Road Action Group said: “The community can breathe again”.
Opponents of Cuadrilla’s plans to frack at Preston New Road greeted the decision to refuse the application with cheers and tears of relief. The council’s development control committee voted by nine to three with two abstentions to refuse the plans. The planning officer, Stuart Perigo, had recommended approval of […]
Keep in touch here with what’s happening at the Lancashire County Council committee that is deciding Cuadrilla’s application to frack at Preston New Road. Updates as they happen. 12.15 The cabinet member for planning, Cllr Marcus Johnson, who voted against refusal, said he stood by the decision of […]
A second barrister has confirmed that Lancashire councillors could refuse Cuadrilla’s plans to frack up to four wells at Preston New Road – and defend the decision if it went to appeal. But the organisation representing the onshore oil and gas industry has said its barrister has backed […]
Residents opposed to Cuadrilla’s application to frack at Preston New Road in Lancashire have complained that the county council’s planning officer had undermined the scale of objections.
A residents’ group opposed to Cuadrilla’s plans to frack at a site in the Fylde area of Lancashire released the opinion of a specialist barrister this afternoon. It contradicts legal advice given to Lancashire County Councillors last week that in the event of an appeal against refusal there would […]
Opponents of Cuadrilla’s plans to frack at Preston New Road in the Fylde say their barristers have confirmed there are valid reasons to refuse the application and that the risk of costs would be small if it went to appeal. The Preston New Road Action Group wants to […]
IGas announced it would submit a planning application to drill exploratory wells in Nottinghamshire in the next quarter. The company in its annual accounts released today said if it received consent it would expect to start drilling in the first half of next year.
Two of the country’s environmental campaign organisations are rallying support for Lancashire County Councillors who voted to refuse Cuadrilla’s application to frack at Preston New Road.
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