Residents get go-ahead for court challenge to Balcombe oil test
Opponents of plans to test an oil well at the West Sussex village of Balcombe have got permission to bring a legal challenge.
Opponents of plans to test an oil well at the West Sussex village of Balcombe have got permission to bring a legal challenge.
A consultation is underway into detailed plans for a gas site in Surrey, even though the scheme is being challenged in court next month.
Campaigners have been granted permission to challenge last year’s decision by the government to issue new oil and gas licences.
The legal challenge to drilling for gas near the Surrey village of Dunsfold will go to the High Court in eight weeks.
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.
One of the UK’s leading would-be fracking companies appears to be turning away from shale gas.
Residents have submitted their legal case over an extended test at the Balcombe oil site in West Sussex.
UK Oil & Gas has announced plans to farmout work at its oil production site at Horse Hill in Surrey.
Residents in the West Sussex village of Balcombe are seeking to set a legal precedent against onshore oil and gas operations across southern England.
The village at the centre of anti-fracking protests 10 years ago is taking on the oil industry again.