Updated: Legal challenge to Dunsfold gas drilling gets go-ahead
The High Court has given the go-ahead to a legal challenge against gas drilling near the Surrey village of Dunsfold.
Challenge to Surrey gas drilling goes to court
Opponents of plans to explore for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold take their case to the Royal Courts of Justice next week.
Balcombe oil test gets go ahead
Plans for a well test at the controversial oil site at Balcombe in West Sussex have been approved.
Surrey villagers continue fight against gas site
The community group, Protect Dunsfold, has said it is not giving up its challenge to UKOG’s Loxley gas site in Surrey.
Egdon Resources challenged over changes to Biscathorpe oil production plans
The company behind long-term oil extraction at Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds was accused today of inconsistencies in its plans.
Arguments over Biscathorpe oil production to be made at appeal hearing
Two sides in the planning dispute over long-term oil production in the Lincolnshire Wolds get the chance to put their case at a hearing next week.
Councillors back local fracking controls for North Yorkshire
A council which backed fracking nearly six years ago has adopted new planning rules that could restrict proposals for the controversial process.
Officials say 15 years of oil production in Lincolnshire Wolds is in the public interest
Council planners have supported proposals for long-term oil extraction in the protected landscape of the Lincolnshire Wolds.
Villagers stage “dirty duck race” as 1,200+ oppose Biscathorpe oil drilling
People from Donington on Bain in Lincolnshire adapted a local tradition of a duck race on a protected chalk stream to highlight concerns about nearby oil production plans.
Autumn woodland felling will reveal views of UKOG well site – inquiry told
The public inquiry into plans by UKOG to explore for gas in Surrey heard today that felling in a key area of woodland is to begin within weeks, contradicting evidence from the company.
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