This page lists applications and decisions on UK onshore oil and gas sites in the planning and permitting system.

Last updated 11/11/25

2025 decisions

16 July 2025

Elswick, Lancashire – Cuadrilla Resources

FIVE YEAR EXTENSION APPROVED LCC/2025/0013

Lancashire County Council granted planning permission for a five-year extension to the life of Cuadrilla’s gas production site at Elswick, near Blackpool, despite local objections. DrillOrDrop article

10 July 2025

Singleton, West Sussex – Star Energy

CABLE SCHEME APPROVED SDNP/24/05114/FUL

The South Downs National Park approved plans by Star Energy to route an underground power cable from its oil site at Singleton to the electricity distribution network. The electricity would be generated from gas produced along with the oil at the site in the South Downs National Park. Details

19 May 2025

Wressle, North Lincolnshire – Egdon Resources

EIA NOT NEEDED PA/SCR/2025/4

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council ruled that two new wells at Wressle, near Scunthorpe, would contribute to climate change but the likely impact wasn’t enough to require an environmental impact assessment (EIA). DrillOrDrop article New documents submitted to planning authority. See more on this application below.

Balcombe – Angus Energy

APPEAL DISMISSED APP/P3800/W/21/3282246

Sue Taylor, for Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association, failed to overturn the government’s decision to grant planning permission on appeal for flow testing at the Balcombe well site. Her case was refused by the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Report of High Court hearing (19 July 2023) and appearance at the Court of Appeal (28 January 2025)

26 March 2025

Brockham – Angus Energy

PLANNING PERMISSION APPROVED SCC_Ref_2024-0135

Surrey County Council granted planning permission to Angus Energy to transport highly saline water, possibly containing radioactive material, from other oil and gas sites to prolong production at Brockham. Report of decision meeting

30 January 2025

Rosebank, North Sea – Equinor

DEVELOPMENT CONSENT UNLAWFUL

The development licence for the Rosebank oilfield off Shetland was ruled unlawful by the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh after a legal challenge by Uplift and Greenpeace UK. The court said the former Conservative government, which approved the development of Rosebank, had not taken into account greenhouse gas emissions from burning the oil. This was another casualty of the successful Supreme Court challenge by Sarah Finch over the Horse Hill site in Surrey. The decision on the smaller Jackdaw gasfield was also ruled unlawful for the same reason. Details Equinor published a revised environmental impact assessment on 15 October 2025. A public consultation runs until 20 November 2025. The energy secretary will decide whether to support the project.

Decisions awaited

Listed in alphabetical order by site

Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire – Heyco/Egdon Resources UK

PLANNING INQUIRY AND CONSULTATION AWAITED FOR APPEAL APP/Q2500/W/22/3296831

The Planning Inspectorate has announced that a planning inquiry will decide Egdon Resources’ appeal against a refusal of planning permission for an additional well and long-term oil production. More details The inquiry starts at 10am on 14 April 2026 at Kenwick Hotel, Kenwick Park, Louth.
Egdon Resources has submitted the UK’s first ever formal assessment of carbon emissions from burning hydrocarbons. Details The addendum to an environmental impact assessment for plans at Biscathorpe was required by the Supreme Court ruling in the Sarah Finch case on climate emissions from oil produced at Horse Hill, in Surrey.
The company was also required to submit additional information. This is due to be published on the Lincolnshire County Councill planning website. A public consultation, organised by the council is underway. The consultation closes on 5 December 2025.

Burniston, North Yorkshire – Europa Oil & Gas plc

PLANNING DECISION AWAITED NY/2025/0030/ENV

North Yorkshire planners are considering 1,500+ objections to its public consultation on proposals to drill for gas and carry out a small-scale frack near the North York Moors National Park. DrillOrDrop report on consultation responses. The council said, in its screening response, that the proposals would have “significant impacts on the environment” and said there should be an environmental impact assessment. Europa Oil & Gas plc appealed against the ruling to the local government secretary, who said an EIA was not needed – but the company said it would do one anyway. A decision is expected by the end of 2025. The next scheduled North Yorkshire Council planning committee is Tuesday 11 November 2025. The meeting is expected to be in Scarborough. Link to meeting details

PERMIT DECISION AWAITED EPR/YP3623LC/A001

Europa has also applied for an environmental permit for the Burniston proposal. The public consultation ended in September 2025. Links to DrillOrDrop reports on consultation responses here and here

Dukes Wood (Whips Ridding Farm, Nottinghamshire) – Egdon Resources

PLANNING DECISION AWAITED V/4687

Egdon Resources is seeking to vary the conditions for site restoration at its former oil production site at Dukes Wood. Nottinghamshire County Council, in response to an FOI request, said it had requested further information to determine the application.

Foxholes, North Yorkshire – Heyco/Egdon Resources UK

PLANNING CONSULTATION UNDERWAY – NY/2025/0113/FUL

North Yorkshire Council is consulting on plans by Egdon Resources to explore for gas in the village of Foxholes. The end of the consultation has been extended to 7 November 2025. DrillOrDrop article on the application and recent articles here, here and here

Kirklington, Nottinghamshire – Egdon Resources

PLANNING DECISION AWAITED V/4747

Egdon Resources is seeking to vary the conditions for site restoration at its former oil production site at Kirklington. Nottinghamshire County Council, in response to an FOI request, said it had received a further application to retain parts of the site for farm business.

Preston New Road, Lancashire – Cuadrilla Bowland Limited

PLANNING DECISION AWAITED LCC/2025/0018

Cuadrilla is seeking to extend the planning permission at its Preston New Road shale gas site, near Blackpool, by two more years. A public consultation ran until August 2025. A decision had been expected in October 2025 but the application was not listed for that month’s planning committee meeting. The next scheduled meetings of Lancashire County Council planning committee at which it could be considered are Thursday 4 December 2025 and Wednesday 17 December 2025. Recent DrillOrDrop articles here and here

Rosebank, North Sea – Equinor

CLIMATE IMPACT CONSULTATION UNDERWAY

A public consultation is underway until 20 November 2025 on the revised climate impact of development of the UK’s largest undeveloped oilfield. The development licence was ruled unlawful by the Court of Sessions in Edinburgh after a legal challenge by Uplift and Greenpeace UK. The court said the former Conservative government, which approved the development of Rosebank, had not taken into account greenhouse gas emissions from burning the oil. This was another casualty of the successful Supreme Court challenge by Sarah Finch over the Horse Hill site in Surrey. The decision on the smaller Jackdaw gasfield was also ruled unlawful for the same reason. Details Equinor published a revised environmental impact assessment on 15 October 2025.

Waddock Cross, Dorset – Heyco/Egdon Resources

PLANNING EXTENSION DECISION DEFERRED P/VOC/2023/02762

A decision on Egdon Resources’ planning application for 10 more years at the Waddock Cross oil site was deferred on 23 September 2025. Dorset Council’s planning committee wanted more information on the climate impact. Link to application. The application is expected to go before the strategic planning meeting due on 26 January 2026 at 10am at County Hall in Dorchester DT1 1XJ. Link to meeting details

West Newton A, East Yorkshire – Rathlin Energy

DECISION AWAITED ON PERMIT VARIATION APPLICATION EPR/BB3001FT/V006

Application to vary the environmental permit EPR/BB3001FT/V006 to allow reservoir stimulation/proppant squeeze. Public consultation closed on 24 January 2025. Awaiting decision. Details

Wressle, North Lincolnshire – Heyco/Egdon Resources UK

DECISION AWAITED ON PLANS TO DRILL AND HYDRAULICALLY FRACTURE TWO MORE WELLS

Egdon Resources submitted revised documents for its planning application (PA/2024/275) for two more wells and lower-volume fracking at the Wressle site near Scunthorpe. The consultation period closed on 2 October 2025. North Lincolnshire Council has confirmed the application will be decided by the planning committee but has not said when this will be.

A previous planning permission for the same scheme was quashed in November 2024 after a landmark ruling on climate emissions at the Supreme Court. In March 2025, Egdon submitted reports to North Lincolnshire Council on total emissions from the production process and the use of any oil and gas.

PERMIT VARIATION APPLICATION

Application to vary the environmental permit EPR/AB3609XX/V007 to allow gas refining, drilling two more boreholes, proppant squeeze (small scale fracking) and site extension. Details Consultation closed in December 2024 but application withdrawn January 2025. No information on re-submission of application.

Recent breaches

Listed in alphabetical order by operator

Cuadrilla/Preston New Road, Lancashire

Cuadrilla failed to meet the 8 December 2024 deadline to plug two fracked wells – putting it in breach of its planning consent, granted in June 2023. Details

UK Oil & Gas plc/Broadford Bridge, West Sussex

Correspondence between West Sussex County Council and UK Oil & Gas plc (UKOG) released in December 2024 confirmed that the Broadford Bridge oil site had failed to meet deadlines to decommission a suspended well and restore the land to agriculture. Details

UK Oil & Gas plc/Horse Hill, Surrey

UK Oil & Gas continued to produce oil unlawfully at its Horse Hill site in Surrey following a Supreme Court ruling which quashed planning permission on 20 June 2024. The company voluntarily stopped production on 25 October 2024. Surrey County Council confirmed on 27 November 2024 it had taken no formal enforcement action.

2024 planning decisions

12 November 2024

Heyco/Egdon Resources UK – Wressle, North Lincolnshire

PLANNING PERMISSION QUASHED
PA/2024/275

Planning permission for expansion at Wressle, the UK’s second largest onshore oil producer, has been formally rescinded in another casualty of the landmark Supreme Court judgement on climate emissions. Details

24 September 2024

Angus Energy – Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire

WITHDRAWN PL/0055/24

Angus Energy withdrew its planning application (submitted in July 2024) to drill and test four new wells at the Saltfleetby A and/or B sites near Louth. Angus said it would submit a revised application but has not yet done so.

13 September 2024

Heyco/Egdon Resources UK – Wressle, North Lincolnshire

APPROVED UNDER DELEGATED POWERS
PA/2024/275 (see also 12/11/24)

Planners at North Lincolnshire Council granted planning permission for more drilling and small-scale fracking in an expansion of the Wressle oil site near Scunthorpe. The proposals include increasing the Wressle footprint by about a third and drilling and producing from two new wells. Decision

11 July 2024

Heyco/Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire

PLANNING PERMISSION QUASHED
PL/0037/21

Permission for oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds was quashed following the landmark climate judgement by the Supreme Court (see below). The application was previously refused by Lincolnshire County Council but overturned on appeal by a planning inspector. It will now be reconsidered by the Planning Inspectorate.

20 June 2024

UKOG/Horse Hill, Surrey

SUPREME COURT QUASHES PLANNING PERMISSION
RE18/02667/CON

The Supreme Court allowed the appeal by Sarah Finch, supported by Weald Action Group, against the grant of planning permission by Surrey County Council for four new wells and long-term oil production at Horse Hill. Report of court hearings: day 1 and day 2. Decision. The application (dating back to 2019) must now be resubmitted, including an assessment of indirect or scope emissions resulting from the burning of Horse Hill oil.

19 March 2024

UKOG/Broadford Bridge, West Sussex

PLANNING PERMISSION REFUSED WSCC/046/23

West Sussex councillors unanimously refused to extend the life of the Broadford Bridge until 2026. The site has been dormant since 2018 and its planning permission has previously been extended four times. Details Deadline for appeal passed without action in September 2024.

2023 planning decisions

3 November 2023

Egdon Resources/Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire
APPROVED ON APPEAL BY PLANNING INSPECTOR

A planning inspector allowed long-term oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds, overturning the refusal of Lincolnshire County Council. Details The decision was challenged at the High Court by SOS Biscathorpe in June 2024. Permission was quashed in July 2024 following a ruling at the Supreme Court. A second appeal is expected in 2025.

1 September 2023

Perenco/Wellsite M, Wytch Farm, Wareham
APPROVED BY DELEGATED POWERS
 P/FUL/2021/03128

Drilling of a sidetrack (SW1-T2) from the existing Slot 10A in the M-19 well. Link to decision document and officers’ report.

20 July 2023

UKOG/Dunsfold-Loxley, Surrey
STATUTORY REVIEW OF APPEAL DECISION – CHALLENGE REFUSED
APP/B3600/W/21/3268579

Protect Dunsfold and Waverley Borough Council lost their legal challenge of government approval of gas exploration at Loxley. Report of High Court ruling A request for a further appeal was refused on 9 January 2024.

7 June 2023

Cuadrilla/Preston New Road, Lancashire
APPROVED
LCC/2023/0002

Cuadrilla was granted another two years at its shale gas site near Blackpool by Lancashire County Council’s development control committee. Details

6 June 2023

Egdon Resources/North Kelsey, Lincolnshire
APPEAL WITHDRAWN
PL/0167/21

Egdon Resources withdrew its appeal against the refusal to extend planning permission by another 12 months and change the proposed well trajectory. The appeal (number 144203) had been due to be decided by a hearing in June 2023. Egdon is now reported to be reprocessing seismic data before deciding what to do with the site.

17 April 2023

IGas/Glentworth, Lincolnshire
APPROVED
PL/0135/22

Construction of a new oil production site, with one vertical appraisal well and up to seven horizontal development wells. Details and report on decision

29 March 2023

IGas/Albury, Surrey
REFUSED
SCC Ref 2021/0130

Installation of a Steam Methane Reformation (SMR) unit for the production of hydrogen from methane extracted from Albury wellsite. Details

13 February 2023

Angus Energy/Balcombe, West Sussex
APPEAL GRANTED BUT SUBJECT TO LEGAL CHALLENGE
APP/P3800/W/21/3282246

Appeal against refusal of planning permission for 1-year extended well test. DrillOrDrop article and appeal decision document Frack Free Balcombe Residents’ Association is seeking a statutory review of the appeal decision

2022 decisions

26 October 2022

IGas/Bletchingley, Surrey
REFUSED
SCC Ref 021/0145

Refusal of permission to install two steam methane units for the production of hydrogen from methane extracted from Bletchingley-2 wellsite. Details

14 October 2022

IGas/Welton, Lincolnshire
APPROVED BY DELEGATED POWERS

PL/0086/22

Construction and use of battery storage facilities on land at and in support of operations at the Welton Gathering Centre. Details

13 October 2022

BritNRG/Whisby, Lincolnshire
APPROVED BY DELEGATED POWERS

PL/0078/22

Drilling of a sidetrack to an existing oil producing well. Details

16 August 2022

UKOG/Horse Hill, Surrey
APPROVED BY DELEGATED POWERS

SCC Ref 2020/0018

Storage of crude oil in association with planning permission for retention of the wellsite and production of hydrocarbons. Details

7 June 2022

Ineos/Woodsetts, Rotherham
RECOVERED APPEAL REFUSED
Ref RB2018/0918, appeal ref APP/P4415/W/19/3220577

Outcome to Ineos appeal finally announced more than two years after the expected date. Details Link to inquiry report

IGas/Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
RECOVERED APPEAL REFUSED
appeal ref APP/A0665/W/18/3207952

Outcome to IGas appeal finally announced more than two years after the expected date. Details Link to inquiry report

UKOG/Loxley-Dunsfold, Surrey
RECOVERED APPEAL ALLOWED BUT SUBJECT TO LEGAL CHALLENGE
APP/B3600/W/21/3268579

Recovered appeal allowed by communities’ secretary and permission granted for vertical and sidetrack well near the village of Dunsfold. Inquiry held online from 27 July to 13 August 2021. Judicial review by Protect Dunsfold and Waverley Borough Council refused but application lodged for an appeal. Links to inquiry reports

18 May 2022

UKOG/Broadford Bridge, West Sussex
APPROVED
WSCC/001/22

Application for a further two years – the fourth time extension for suspended site. Details

27 April 2022

Angus Energy/Brockham, Surrey
APPROVED
SCC Ref 2021/0165

Angus Energy granted permission to produce oil for 15 years from a well at Brockham. Details 

25 March 2022

UKOG/Arreton, Isle of Wight
NO APPEAL

UK Oil & Gas plc is said it won’t appeal against the refusal of permission for three years to drill vertical and sidetrack wells at Arreton.

24 March 2022

South Western Energy/Puddletown, Dorset
WITHDRAWN
WD/D/19/002866

South Western Energy has withdrawn its application for a site compound, drill a vertical well and produce oil at this site at Athelhampton Road. Details

17 March 2022

Rathlin Energy/West Newton-A, East Yorkshire
APPROVED
21/04625/CM

East Riding of Yorkshire Council approved a revised application for drilling and production at its West Newton-A site. Details and call-in campaign. The local government minister refused the request to overturn planning permission.

Rathlin Energy/West Newton B, East Yorkshire
APPROVED
21/04629/CM

Rathlin Energy received permission for another three years at this site, where it has consent to drill another exploration oil and gas well. Details

16 March 2022

Angus Energy/Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire
APPROVED BY DELEGATED POWERS
PL/0176/21

Planning officers approved Angus Energy’s application for permission to change the layout of the Saltfleetby gas site and to use a larger flare. Details

14 March 2022

Egdon Resources/North Kelsey, Lincolnshire
REFUSED
PL/0167/21

Egdon Resources’s scheme for a third extension at its site near Caistor was unanimously refused. The company wanted another 12 months and a change to the route of the exploration well. The company said it would appeal. Details

2021 decisions

10 December 2021

IGas/Avington, Hampshire – APPEAL ALLOWED
SDNP/20/01255/CM

IGas won its appeal against refusal of permission in June 2020 for an extra five years at this site in the South Downs National Park. The inspector ruled that the proposal would not compromise the reasons for the designation of the national park and did not represent major development so there did not need to be exceptional circumstances to justify it. Details

1 November 2021

Egdon Resources/Biscathorpe, Lincolnshire – REFUSED
PL/0037/21

Lincolnshire County Council refused permission for sidetrack drilling, appraisal and 15-years of production at Biscathorpe. Details

19 October 2021

UKOG/Arreton, Isle of Wight – REFUSED
20/00513/FUL

Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for a vertical and deviated well at land to north east of New Barn Business Park, Sandown Road, Arreton, Newport, Isle Of Wight PO30 3BT. Details

30 September 2021

Rathlin Energy/West Newton-A REFUSED 21/02464/STFU

East Riding of Yorkshire Council refused an application by Rathlin Energy for a further six wells and 20 years of oil production. The decision was against the advice of planning officers Details

27 July 2021

IGas/Springs Road, Misson, Nottinghamshire – REFUSED
V/4202

Nottinghamshire County Council refused an application to keep open its shale gas site at Springs Road, Misson. The decision was against the recommendation of officials. The operator, IGas, was ordered to restore the site. Details

26 July 2021

Angus Energy/Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire – APPROVED
N/158/1011/21

Lincolnshire County Council approved an application to drill a 1,500m sidetrack well from an existing borehole wellsite to access further reserves of gas . Minutes of the meeting

2 March 2021

Angus Energy/Balcombe, West Sussex – REFUSED
WSCC/045/20

Re-submission of application for an extended well test at the Lower Stumble well drilled in 2013 by Cuadrilla. The duration of the well test has been reduced from 3 years to 1 year. Public consultation closed on 28 September 2020. Unanimous decision to refuse. Details and decision notice

2020 decisions

Listed by date of decision, most recent first

27 November 2020

UKOG/Dunsfold, Surrey -REFUSED
SCC ref 2019/0072

Surrey County Council refused planning permission for a vertical and sidetrack well near the village of Dunsfold. The decision was ruled invalid because of problems during the remote council meeting. The second hearing was also refused by the same narrow margin Details and reaction UKOG has since said it will appeal.

7 September 2020

Egdon Resources/North Kelsey, Lincolnshire -APPROVED
PL/0067/20 and PL/0068/20 on planning register

Extension of permission for oil site and security compound for 12 months to December 2021. This is the second time the company has applied for an extension of planning permission. Details

7 August 2020

Angus Energy/Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire -APPROVED
PL/0060/20

Decision by Lincolnshire County Council planning officers under delegated powers to install and operate a 750m underground pipeline connecting the Saltfleetby gas pipeline to the National Grid. Details

27 July 2020

Aurora Resources/Altcar Moss, Lancashire – WITHDRAWN
LCC/2019/0037

Aurora had applied to Lancashire County Council to drill and frack two shale gas wells at Great Altcar near Formby. The company withdrew the application, blaming the moratorium, before the decision date expected to be in August or September 2020.  Details of withdrawal

15 July 2020

Cuadrilla Elswick Ltd/Elswick, Lancashire – APPROVED

Councillors narrowly approved Cuadrilla’s application for retention of gas site and electricity generation for a further five years. There were objections from local people and Elswick and Treales, Roseacre and Wharles parish councils. Details and report on decision

7 July 2020

UKOG/Broadford Bridge – APPROVED

West Sussex County Council approved UKOG’s application to retain the Broadford Bridge site near Billingshurst for two more years. Live news updates from the committee meeting

29 June 2020

UKOG/Loxhill-Dunsfold – REFUSED

Surrey County Council refused the UKOG application for drilling and testing vertical and horizontal wells at High Loxley, north of Dunsfold in Surrey. SCC ref 2019/0072 Live news updates from the committee meeting and reaction

• Surrey County Council ruled on 3 August 2020 that the refusal was invalid following problems during a remote committee meeting. The application is to be reheard, possibly in October 2020 or more likely November 2020 or later.

24 June 2020

IGas/Avington, Hampshire – REFUSED

In a delegated decision, planning officers at the South Downs National Park refused permission for a further five years of appraisal of oil and gas at Avington Wellsite, on land off Matterley Farm, Petersfield Road, Ovington Down, Hampshire. The decision notice ruled that the proposal constituted “new mineral development that fails to conserve and enhance the National Park and it would create an unwelcome precedent for further oil and gas development within the National Park”.

11 June 2020

Angus Energy/Saltfleetby, Lincolnshire – APPROVED

Lincolnshire County Council approved the installation and processing facilities at the Saltfleetby B site, Howdales, South Cockerington, Louth. Classed as permitted development. Details

1 May 2020

Angus Energy/Balcombe, West Sussex – WITHDRAWN
WSCC/071/19

Angus Energy application for an extended well test of up to three years. Withdrawn after Environment Agency objection.  Details of withdrawal

21 January 2019 and 9 July 2020: Third Energy/pipeline and Vale of Pickering sites – APPROVED

North Yorkshire County Council votes in favour of extending the duration of planning permissions for Vale of Pickering gas sites and the pipeline to 2035. The formal decision was delayed because of a challenge by Friends of the Earth. The decision was formalised at an online meeting on 9 July 2020 Details and final decision

17 January 2020

Egdon Resources/Wressle – APPROVED

Appeal allowed for 15 years of oil production. Details and appeal ref APP/Y2003/W/19/3221694

2019 decisions

11 September 2019: HHDL/Horse Hill – APPROVED

Surrey County Council approved HHDL’s application for four news production wells and 20 years of oil production at Horse Hill. Details and opponents announced plans to see a judicial review 

2 July 2019: BGS/Ince Marshes – APPROVED

Cheshire  West and Chester council approved the BGS application for a UK Geo-Energy Observatory. Details

1 July 2019: Egdon Resources/North Kelsey – APPROVED

Lincolnshire County Council approved two separate applications to amend conditions in an earlier permission to drill and test an exploration well. The changes include new layout and site liner, two lighting towers, extra cabins, tanks and facilities and higher noise limits.

23 April 2019: Infinis Energy/Rufford Hills Farm -APPROVED

Nottinghamshire County Council’s planning committee voted by 7 in favour and 5 abstentions for a scheme by Infinis Energy to extract mines methane from the disused Ollerton colliery from a site near Rufford Abbey historic parkland. Details

15 February 2019: Angus Energy/Lidsey – APPROVED

Planning officers at West Sussex County Council approved under delegated powers round-the-clock oil production at Lidsey. Other operations remain restricted to 7.30am-6pm Monday-Saturday. Details

12 February 2019: Cuadrilla/Roseacre Wood – REFUSED

The local government secretary, James Brokenshire, refused planning permission after Cuadrilla’s appeal for drilling and fracking up to four wells at Roseacre Wood near Blackpool. Breaking news and link to decision notice. Cuadrilla announced it was not appealing against the decision

31 January 2019: Ineos/Harthill – CHALLENGE QUASHED

A judge at the High Court dismisses a statutory challenge from Harthill Against Fracking to the Planning Inspectorate’s approval of planning permission for Ineos Upstream’s shale gas exploration plans at Harthill in south Yorkshire. Breaking news

25 January 2019: Egdon/Wressle – APPEAL GRANTED

Planning inspector grants permission to Egdon Resources to operate its Wressle site, near Scunthorpe for another 12 months. Details

2018 decisions

3 December 2018: Egdon/Biscathorpe – APPROVED

Lincolnshire County Council approved a retrospective planning application for security cabins at Egdon’s Biscathorpe site near Louth

28 November 2018: Egdon/Wressle – REFUSED

North Lincolnshire Council refused another application from Egdon Resources for long-term oil production at its Wressle site near Scunthorpe. Breaking news

11 September 2018: UKOG/Broadford Bridge -APPROVED

West Sussex County Council approved an application by UKOG to extend permission for operations at its Broadford Bridge exploration site. Breaking news

7 September 2018: Ineos/Woodsetts – REFUSED

Rotherham Council again refused permission to Ineos for an exploratory shale gas site at Woodsetts. Breaking news

16 August 2018: Ineos/Bramleymoor Lane – APPEAL ALLOWED

Planning inspector, Elizabeth Hill, allowed Ineos’s appeal against non-determination of plans for shale gas exploration at Bramleymoor Lane, Marsh Lane in Derbyshire. Breaking news and reaction

8 August 2018: Angus Energy/Brockham – APPROVED

Surrey County Council’s planning committee granted retrospective planning permission for a oil exploration sidetrack drilled in 2017. The committee also allowed continued use of the wellhead and for appraisal of the sidetrack for three years. Live news updates and reaction 

1 August 2018: Egdon/Wressle – REFUSED

North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee unanimously voted to refuse permission to Egdon Resources for another three years at its oil exploration site at Wressle. Live news updates and reaction

7 June 2018: Ineos/Harthill – APPEAL ALLOWED

Planning inspector, Stephen Roscoe, allowed Ineos’s appeal against non-determination of plans for shale gas exploration at Common Road, Harthill, South Yorkshire. Details and reaction

29 May 2018: IGas/Albury – APPROVED

Surrey County Council planning officers granted planning permission under delegated powers for the production and export of gas from the oil site. Details (see end of post)

23 May 2018: Europa/Bury Hill Wood (Holmwood/Leith Hill) – APPROVED

For the second time, Surrey County Council approved plans for fencing and  buildings at the Bury Hill Wood site near Leith Hill. Live news updates

14 May 2018: Egdon/North Kelsey – APPROVED

Lincolnshire County Councillors unanimously approved Egdon’s application to drill and test an oil well at North Kelsey. Live news updates 

14 May 2018: Egdon/Biscathorpe – APPROVED

Lincolnshire County Councillors unanimously approved Egdon’s application to drill and test an oil well at Biscathorpe. Live news updates 

24 April 2018: Angus Energy/Lidsey – APPROVED

West Sussex County Council approved Angus Energy’s application to continue oil production at the Lidsey site near Bognor Regis for 10 more years. Details

8 March 2018: Ineos/Woodsetts – REFUSED

Labour-controlled Rotherham Metropolitan Council unanimously refused permission for Ineos’s vertical coring well at Woodsetts on ecological and highway grounds. DrillOrDrop live news updates and reaction report

5 February 2018: Ineos/Marsh Lane – OPPOSED

Conservative-controlled Derbyshire County Council voted 9-1 to oppose Ineos plans for vertical shale gas exploration well at Bramleymoor Lane, Marsh Lane, when it goes to a public inquiry on 19 June 2018. DrillOrDrop live updates and reaction report

25 January 2018: IGas/Ellesmere Port – REFUSED

Labour-controlled Cheshire West and Chester Council refused plans by IGas for testing the Pentre Chert formation at its existing gas well at Portside in Ellesmere Port. The company is considering an appeal. The council says the vote was 10-1 against the application. DrillOrDrop report

25 January 2018: Ineos/Harthill – OPPOSED

Labour-controlled Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning board voted unanimously to oppose Ineos’s shale gas vertical well for Harthill when it goes to a public inquiry due to start on 24 April 2018. DrillOrDrop

24 January 2018: Cuadrilla/Roseacre Wood – OPPOSED

Conservative-controlled Lancashire County Council’s development control committee voted unanimously to oppose Cuadrilla’s traffic management plans for Roseacre Wood when they go to a public inquiry scheduled to start on 10 April 2018. DrillOrDrop report

9 January 2018: Cuadrilla/Balcombe – APPROVED

Conservative-controlled West Sussex County Council voted unanimously to allow Cuadrilla’s application for flow testing at its horizontal well at Balcombe. (Site operation has since been transferred to Angus Energy). DrillOrDrop report

4 January 2018: Egdon/Wressle appeal – DISMISSED

Planning inspector, Keri Williams, backed two decisions by Conservative-controlled North Lincolnshire Council to refuse permission to Egdon Resources for acidisation, proppant squeeze and oil production at Wressle, near Scunthorpe. The planning inquiry was in November 2017 and the applications refused in January and July 2017. DrillOrDrop report

2017

25 October 2017: Cuadrilla/Becconsall – REFUSED

Lancashire County Council’s planning committee refuses permission for an extension of time at the Becconsall site near the Ribble Estuary. Details

18 October 2017: HHDL/Horse Hill – APPROVED

Surrey County Council approves planning permission for two more wells and more testing. Live updates from the meeting and reaction

18 October 2017: Europa/Bury Hill Wood (also known as Leith Hill or Holmwod) – DEFERRED

Surrey County Council’s planning committee defers decision on Europa’s traffic plans for Bury Hill Wood. Details

18 October 2017: Europa/Bury Hill Wood (also known as Leith Hill or Holmwod) – APPROVED

Surrey County Council’s planning committee approves Europa’s fencing plans for Bury Hill Wood. Details

11 October 2017: UK Oil & Gas/Broadford Bridge -APPROVED

West Sussex County Council approves, under officer delegated powers, permission to retain security fencing, gates and cabins until 30 September 2018. Link to decision document

13 September 2017: Angus/Brockham – APPROVED

Surrey County Council approves retrospective application for fencing, equipment and buildings at Brockham site. Details

12 September 2017: UK Oil & Gas/Broadford Bridge – APPROVED

West Sussex County Council unanimously approves extension of one year to planning permission to allow flow testing. Details

2 August 2017: Europa/Bury Hill Wood (also known as Leith Hill or Holmwod) – DEFERRED

Surrey County Council’s planning committee defers decision on Europa’s traffic plans for Bury Hill Wood

3 July 2017: Egdon/Wressle – REFUSED

North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee refuses permission for oil production plans at Wressle. Details

2 May 2017: UKOG/Markwells Wood – WITHDRAWN

UKOG withdraws planning application for drilling and oil production at Markwells Wood. Details

21 March 2017: IGas/Tinker Lane – APPROVED

Nottinghamshire County Council’s planning committee votes by a margin of one to approve IGas plans for a single vertical well at Tinker Lane, near Blyth. Details

16 March 2017: Europa/Bury Hill Wood (also known as Leith Hill or Holmwod) – APPROVED

Surrey County Council approves plans for groundwater monitoring boreholes, fencing and portacabin under permitted development rights. Details

11 January 2017: Egdon/Wressle – REFUSED

North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee refuses permission by 7 to 3 with one abstention for 15 years of oil production at the site. Details

4 January 2017: UK Oil & Gas/Broadford Bridge -APPROVED

West Sussex county Council approves changes to planning permission allowing for a drilling “zone of variation” within which the proposed lateral borehole can be drilled. Details  

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