Conservative-controlled East Yorkshire council has voted overwhelmingly against fracking locally in one of the first formal reactions to the government’s lifting of the moratorium in England.
The Conservative leadership challenger, Liz Truss, has suggested that the moratorium on fracking in England should be lifted and decisions left to local people.
Council officials have recommended approval of major plans for production, drilling and extension at Rathlin Energy’s well site at West Newton-A.
A council which backed fracking nearly six years ago has adopted new planning rules that could restrict proposals for the controversial process.
Rathlin Energy breached planning permission at its West Newton-A site in East Yorkshire, a council official confirmed today.
The councillor responsible for environmental issues on the Isle of Wight has come out against plans to drill for oil, due to be decided tomorrow.
A former senior council officer is challenging the authority he worked for over its support for the major expansion of an oil site.
Three East Yorkshire councillors have asked an oil company to establish a community fund if its expansion plans are successful.
Surrey County Council exaggerated the value of the landscape around a proposed site for gas exploration, the company behind the scheme has claimed.
UKOG’s proposed gas drilling site near Dunsfold in Surrey would have “direct adverse impacts” on a “highly valued landscape”, a public inquiry heard today.
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