MP and councils join calls for Burniston decision delay
An MP and leaders of four local councils are urging a delay to the decision on gas drilling and lower volume fracking near Scarborough.
Burniston residents: ‘fracking guineapigs’ fear
Residents of the North Yorkshire village facing plans for gas exploration are afraid they may be used as guineapigs for proppant squeeze, a form of lower-volume fracking.
Date confirmed for Burniston gas meeting
Controversial plans to drill for gas and carry out lower-volume fracking near the North York Moors National Park will be considered at the end of the month, it was confirmed this morning.
2026 diary
DrillOrDrop’s diary of events in 2026 involving the UK onshore oil and gas industry and campaigns about it.
Horse Hill latest
Key information needed for a new planning application for a controversial drilling site in Surrey will be submitted before Christmas, it was revealed today.
Village meetings to discuss Egdon’s Yorkshire gas plan
Yorkshire villagers are meeting to discuss plans by Egdon Resources for gas drilling at Foxholes.
Village agrees next phase of fight against fracking plan
Villagers in North Yorkshire have agreed to spend more money in their campaign against gas drilling and a form of fracking at Burniston, near Scarborough.
Egdon meeting on Foxholes gas plans
Egdon Resources says it is giving more details this week of its new plans to explore for gas near a village in North Yorkshire.
National park votes against objection to Burniston gas plans – but recommends strengthened conditions
Proposals to explore for gas near the edge of the North York Moors would not cause “significant harm” to the national park, the park’s authority agreed this morning.
Updated: Burniston gas plans – concerns from National Park planners
The proposal by Europa to explore for gas near the North York Moors National Park “sits uncomfortably” with local climate change commitments, officials have said.
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