Date set for Balcombe v Gove
Balcombe residents will be at the High Court in London next month for their legal challenge to the government go-ahead for oil testing in their village.
Updated: Planners back more time to restore Cuadrilla’s Lancashire fracking site
Cuadrilla should be given an extra two years to return its controversial fracking site near Blackpool to farmland, council planners have said.
Planners back new oil site in Lincolnshire
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.
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.
Block Cuadrilla’s bid for more time at fracking site – local Conservative MP urges council
Cuadrilla should be refused more time to restore its fracking site in Lancashire, the local Conservative MP has told the county council.
Officials consider measures to enforce restoration of IGas Notts shale site
Conservative-controlled Nottinghamshire County Council is looking at options to ensure IGas restores the Springs Road shale gas site at Misson.
Views sought on green energy plans for ex-fracking site
Residents and businesses in the Ryedale area of North Yorkshire are being asked what they think about producing geothermal energy from old gas wells, including one once earmarked for fracking.
Councillors hear arguments over West Newton-A production – again
For a second time, opponents and supporters of plans for expansion at an oil site in East Yorkshire have put their cases to councillors.
Breaking: Councillors block third bid for more time at undeveloped Lincolnshire oil site
Lincolnshire councillors this morning unanimously refused more time for an undeveloped oil site near Market Rasen – the third time the operator had sought to extend the life of the site.
Rathlin Energy’s production plans should be refused again, say residents
Councillors have been urged to again refuse plans for 20 years of oil production by Rathlin Energy in East Yorkshire.
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