Campaigners call for stop on oil sales from Supreme Court well site
The group which secured a landmark legal judgement on climate emissions from onshore oil is calling for a block on sales extracted unlawfully at a wellsite in Surrey.
The group which secured a landmark legal judgement on climate emissions from onshore oil is calling for a block on sales extracted unlawfully at a wellsite in Surrey.
Members of the public and a councillor questioned Surrey County Council this morning over its handling of unlawful oil extraction at Horse Hill near Horley.
Oil production has been suspended at Horse Hill in Surrey, the site at the centre of a landmark ruling by the Supreme Court.
The authority which unlawfully granted planning permission for oil production at Horse Hill is continuing to “review the matter”, a spokesperson said this morning.
Nine Extinction Rebellion campaigners blocked the entrance to the Horse Hill oil production site in Surrey this morning in a protest over its continued operation despite the quashing of planning permission by the Supreme Court.
The onshore well site at the centre of a recent landmark legal judgement has continued to produce oil, according to official data, even though it has no planning permission.
Council planners are “in active dialogue” with an oil company over restoring the mothballed exploration site at Broadford Bridge in West Sussex.
A mothballed oil exploration site in West Sussex looks is if must now be restored to farmland.
The developer of the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey said it was working to restore planning permission following this morning’s decision by the UK’s highest court.
Falling production at the Horse Hill well in Surrey cut revenue for UK Oil & Gas plc last year.