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Bassetlaw councillors object to IGas plans for Tinker Lane, against planners’ advice

By Ruth Hayhurst on July 8, 2016 • ( 17 Comments )

Councillors in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire, have rejected the advice of officials and voted against a plan for shale gas exploration in their district. Bassetlaw’s planning committee objected, by eight to one, to an application by the IGas subsidiary Dart (East England) Ltd for a vertical exploration well at […]

Retired bishop urges villagers to object to Third Energy fracking plans

By Ruth Hayhurst on October 10, 2015 • ( 8 Comments )

A retired bishop who lives in the North Yorkshire village where Third Energy has applied to frack has written to residents urging them to object to the plans.