Parish councillors voted by 8 to nil to object to plans for gas exploration and small-scale hydraulic fracturing in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston. About 100 people attending an extraordinary meeting last night also unanimously opposed the scheme in a show-of-hands.
People living near an oil and gas site in East Yorkshire have complained to officials about plans for small-scale fracking.
The Environment Agency has given formal consent for oil and gas production at an expanded West Newton-A well site in East Yorkshire.
Proposals by IGas for a new hydrocarbon site in Lincolnshire have been backed by county council planners, despite local opposition and official concerns about road safety.
The Horse Hill oil site in Surrey has been granted permission to pump waste water underground.
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The planning decision due this week on proposals to drill for oil and gas near the village of Dunsfold in Surrey has been deferred.
Angus Energy reported this morning it has withdrawn a planning application to test its oil well at Balcombe in West Sussex.
More than 450 people have signed a petition opposing plans by the shale gas company, IGas, to test its well at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.
UK Oil & Gas said today its oil exploration programme at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex was producing positive results. But the company was accused of keeping local people in the dark when it did not take part in a public meeting, attended by more than 120 people […]
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