The planning committee of North Lincolnshire Council voted this afternoon against plans for oil production at Egdon Resource’s Wressle site near Scunthorpe.
West Sussex County Council has confirmed that the company behind oil drilling at Broadford Bridge, near Billingshurst, is to seek an extension to its planning permission for the site.
Plans by INEOS to drill an exploratory shale gas well in north Derbyshire have been published by the county council.
INEOS has confirmed that it submitted its first planning application for a shale gas well in the UK yesterday.
Opponents of proposals to drill for oil in woodland in the South Downs National Park have called for the site to be restored immediately after news that a planning application had been withdrawn (details).
INEOS confirmed today it would submit a planning application in early May for a vertical shale gas well on the edge of the village of Marsh Lane in north Derbyshire.
Responses to a public consultation on plans to drill an exploratory oil well in West Sussex have divided over the company’s competence.
The Environment Agency is inviting comments on permit applications by Europa Oil & Gas for its exploration wellsite near Leith Hill in Surrey.
Councillors in Nottinghamshire have backed IGas’s plans for a second shale gas site in the county – but by a margin of just one vote.
INEOS has begun the planning process for a second site for shale gas exploration – this time in Rotherham borough.
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