Refuse more time for Lancashire frack site – planners recommend
Officials in Lancashire are recommending refusal of a bid to extend the life of the mothballed Preston New Road fracking site near Blackpool.
Consultation underway on delay to Cuadrilla’s frack site restoration
People are invited to comment on a bid by Cuadrilla to extend the life of its former fracking site near Blackpool. A public consultation runs until Thursday 7 August 2025.
End of the line for Broadford Bridge?
A mothballed oil exploration site in West Sussex looks is if must now be restored to farmland.
Reaction to Broadford Bridge refusal
Opponents and supporters of oil drilling in West Sussex have been responding to the refusal of planning permission for another two years at the Broadford Bridge site near Billingshurst.
Council planners back two more years at Broadford Bridge oil site
The life of a mothballed exploration site should be extended for another two years to allow an oil company to review data from two other wells in southern England, council planners have recommended.
Time for tea? Could mothballed West Sussex oil well provide heat for tea production?
A suspended oil site in West Sussex, where no work has been carried out for nearly six years, could supply geothermal heat for farming, including tea production, according to new plans.
“Misson shale gas well due to be decommissioned within next week”, says council
Work to plug and abandon one of England’s few shale gas wells has been delayed – but it is due to be completed “within the next week”, DrillOrDrop has learned.
North Kelsey appeal goes to two days
The venue and duration has been set for Egdon Resources’ appeal hearing against refusal of planning permission at its North Kelsey Moor site in Lincolnshire.
Date set for North Kelsey appeal
The appeal hearing on plans to extend the life of an undeveloped oil site near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire will be held later this year.
Council clears way for new application at Cuadrilla’s fracking site – but Horse Hill faces environmental hurdle
Cuadrilla will not need to submit a detailed environmental statement when it applies to extend the life of its mothballed fracking site at Preston New Road, near Blackpool.
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