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Calls for tougher controls on shale gas and fracking in Nottinghamshire

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 28, 2020 • ( 3 Comments )

Opponents of fracking in Nottinghamshire have called for stricter planning controls on future shale gas development in the county.

Council pays £403,000 costs over Wressle planning dispute

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 13, 2020 • ( 10 Comments )

North Lincolnshire Council has paid costs of £403,000 after losing an appeal on plans for oil production at Wressle, the site operator has confirmed.

Government refuses requests to release recommendations on delayed shale gas appeals

By Ruth Hayhurst on May 6, 2020 • ( 2 Comments )

A government department has refused to release reports by planning inspectors on two public inquiries into shale gas schemes in England.

IGas demands answers on Ellesmere Port decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 23, 2020 • ( 5 Comments )

Updated. IGas is demanding to know when the government will announce its decision on shale gas plans in Cheshire.

Guest post: Cheshire campaigners win “major and decisive fracking battle”

By Guest Post on April 13, 2020 • ( 7 Comments )

With the government announcement last week to postpone its decision on plans at IGas’s Ellesmere Port site in Cheshire, a member of Frack Free Upton reflects on, and celebrates, the local campaign against the onshore gas industry.

Inspector backs plan to block fracking sites within 500m of N Yorks homes

By Ruth Hayhurst on November 7, 2019 • ( 19 Comments )

If the UK government’s moratorium on fracking is lifted in the future, shale gas companies are likely to face an extra challenge in North Yorkshire.

Second Wressle inquiry scheduled for six days

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 9, 2019 • ( Leave a comment )

Details have been published on the latest stage in a long-running planning dispute over oil production at Egdon Resource’s site at Wressle in north Lincolnshire.