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Balcombe Parish Council votes to object to Cuadrilla application

By Ruth Hayhurst on March 8, 2014 • ( 5 Comments )

8th March 2014 Balcombe Parish council has confirmed that it will formally object to the planning application submitted by Cuadrilla Balcombe Ltd to flow test the oil exploration well in the village. At an extra-ordinary meeting this morning the council unanimously adopted the recommendation of the Oil Exploration […]

Police use of Public Order Act tested in anti-fracking protest trial

By Ruth Hayhurst on January 14, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

The Chief Constable of Sussex, Martin Richards, will be called to give evidence at an anti-fracking trial, which could become a test case for the use of the Public Order Act against protestors. The case involves poet Simon Welsh, the first Balcombe resident to be arrested during the […]