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Date set for re-run of Dunsfold drilling decision

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 16, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

The second meeting to decide whether to grant planning permission for gas exploration near the Surrey village of Dunsfold has been set for 27 November 2020.

Second extension for Egdon’s North Kelsey oil site – to end of 2021

By Ruth Hayhurst on September 7, 2020 • ( 8 Comments )

An oil exploration site in Lincolnshire, where only limited work has been carried out since 2014, will be allowed to operate for another 16 months.

Dunsfold drilling plans to be decided again after refusal ruled “invalid”

By Ruth Hayhurst on August 3, 2020 • ( 29 Comments )

The decision to refuse planning permission for oil and gas exploration near the Surrey village of Dunsfold has been ruled invalid following problems during a “remote” council meeting.

Campaigners challenge lockdown rules for council meeting on fracking plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 22, 2020 • ( 4 Comments )

A campaign group is seeking to overturn council coronavirus arrangements which they say deny them the right to speak in person at a meeting to decide major plans to frack near Formby.

Summer 2020 diary

By Ruth Hayhurst on June 19, 2020 • ( 1 Comment )

DrillOrDrop’s diary is back after a break when many events were cancelled or postponed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Broadford Bridge planning decision delayed again

By Ruth Hayhurst on April 28, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

A bid by UK Oil & Gas plc to extend the life of its site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex will now not be decided until at least July.

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.