IGas site at Tinker Lane at sunrise on 13 December 2018. Photo: Tinker Lane Community Liaison Group
Key facts
Address: Land off A634/Retford Road, Torworth, between Blyth and Barnby Moor, DN22 8PA
Planning application: ES/3524
Environmental permit: EPR/EB3406XP
Operator: Dart Energy (East England) Ltd
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Status: Shale gas well drilled but missed Bowland Shale, currently being restored
Timeline
Last updated 10/7/2019
10 July 2019
Demolition machinery photographed at Tinker Lane. Details
1 July 2019
IGas gives notice to Nottinghamshire County Council of the restoration phase of the development
4 February 2019
IGas statement confirms plans to restore Tinker Lane. Details
18 January 2019
Site cleared. Details
2 January 2019
Equipment being removed from the Tinker Lane site and rig broken down. Details
17 December 2018
IGas announces the Tinker Lane site failed to find the primary target, the Bowland Shale. Details
27 November 2018
IGas announces spud of Tinker Lane well. Details
23 November 2018
Start of 81-hour lock-on protest, which ends at 3pm on 26 November 2018. Details
18 November 2018
IGas confirms most of drilling rig is on site. Details
16 November 2018
IGas confirms that most of the drilling equipment is onsite. Details
14 November 2018
Two people arrested after lorry surfing protest outside Tinker Lane. Details
12 November 2018
Nottinghamshire Police introduce restrictions under a Section 14 notice on location and hours of protests outside Tinker Lane. Details
8 November 2018
Two people were arrested after a lock-on protest outside the Tinker Lane site gate. Another person was arrested on suspicion of breaching the peace. Details
17 October 2018
IGas informs local people it is ready to start drilling at Tinker Lane. Details
23 August 2018
Barnby Moor Parish Council announce that they will take legal action to evict the protection camp from council-owned land at Tinker Lane Copse. Details
2 August 2018
IGas tells investors it has experienced delays in drilling the first shale gas well in Nottinghamshire but Tinker Lane would begin in quarter 4 of 2018. Details
27 July 2018
Extraordinary meeting of Barnby Moor Parish Council which agrees to seek a possesison order for the copse used by Tinker Lane Protection Camp. Minutes
24 June 2018
Tinker Lane Protection Camp established at Tinker Lane copse.
14 May 2018
Drilling equipment delivered to Tinker Lane. Details
May 2018
IGas carries out survey of hobbies and reported no birds were nesting in the nearby plantation
April 2018
IGas Community Fund awards £3,000 to Barnby Moor Parish Council for kitchen improvements to Barnby Moor Village Hall. 1,500 was awarded to Torworth Parish Council for a defibrillator and £1,500 to Torworth Playing Fields Committee to play equipment. Details
26 November 2017
Work underway at Tinker Lane
Tinker Lane, 26 November 2017. Photo: Jayne Watson
2 June 2017
Section 106 agreement published. Link
21 March 2017
Permission granted by six votes to five after six hours of presentations and debate. The decision comes with 52 conditions, including a restoration bond. Details and live updates from the meeting
13 March 2017
Nottinghamshire County Council planners recommend approval of the planning application. Details and What Notts planners said about IGas’s shale gas scheme at Tinker Lane
8 March 2017
Decision date set for Tuesday 21 March 2017
9 February 2017
Nottinghamshire County Council announces another 21-day consultation period, this time on air quality information and new decision date to be confirmed. Details
10 January 2017
Nottinghamshire County Council announces likely decision date of Tuesday 21 February 2017 Details
12 December 2016
Nottinghamshire County Council announces the decision will be made at a date to be confirmed early in 2017.
23 November 2016
Environment Agency grants mining waste permit for Tinker Lane. Details
22 July 2016
Public consultation closes
6 July 2016
Planning committee of Bassetlaw District Council objects to application. Details
22 June 2016
Public consultation extended
4 June 2016
Community liaison group organises public information day
3 June 2016
Public consultation opens. Details of application
27 May 2016
Nottinghamshire County Council validates application
15 May 2016
Dart Energy (East England) Ltd submits planning application for shale gas exploration well and up to nine monitoring boreholes
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