In this guest post, David Eddy, a campaigner with Drawing a Line in the Chalk in North Yorkshire, reviews the change in direction in national planning policy on onshore oil and gas and asks whether it will make any practical difference to the communities living with the risks?
Councillors in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston have called on the Environment Agency to reconsider its refusal to allow more time for comments on local drilling and fracking plans.
The Environment Agency has refused to extend its public consultation on plans for gas drilling and fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
The government’s approval of the Jackdaw gasfield, off Aberdeen, has been widely condemned by environmental campaigners.
Organisations in the North Yorkshire village of Burniston are urging the Environment Agency (EA) to extend its consultation on plans for drilling and fracking.
A legal letter from a campaigner has warned Surrey County Council that approval of drilling and production at the Horse Hill oil site would be unlawful.
energy B has announced an agreement that would give it total control of the suspended Horse Hill oil site in Surrey.
The decision on plans for drilling and long-term oil production at the Horse Hill oil site in Surrey is unlikely to be made this year (2026).
The Environment Agency (EA) has amended its much-criticised assessment of gas drilling and lower-volume fracking at Burniston in North Yorkshire.
Angus Energy has given details today of plans to increase production at its Brockham oilfield in Surrey.
