Dear Supporter The area around Dudleston is part of a drilling licence called PEDL185. The licence has a standard clause called the “drill or drop” clause that requires that a certain number of test drills be completed by a certain
Dear Supporter Two recent Government announcements have been made in their continued attempts to get the fracking industry started. The first was that councils who are slow to make decisions on planning applications for unconventional gas will lose the right
Dear Supporter FrackFreeDudleston is delighted to announce that the planning application by Dart Energy (now owned by IGas) for a CBM test drill at Dudleston has been withdrawn. Furthermore IGas have decided to withdraw from the entire licence block thus
Dear Supporter We have had a busy few weeks recently, culminating in some excellent news. First the planning appeal was upgraded to Inquiry by the Planning Inspectorate after they’d received our statement of case, thus showing that they are giving
Dear Supporter You will recall that the Inspector at the Planning Inspectorate has decided that the appeal needs to be handled by an Inquiry. Further good news is that our group has now been granted Rule 6 status. This means
Dear Supporter Great news! You will recall that the appeal was initially set to be determined by Written Representations as requested by Dart and Shropshire Council. We objected to this based on a careful reading of the appeal guidelines and were
Dear Supporter After a long consideration, the Inspectorate have made their decision and changed the Inquiry to the ‘middle ground’ of a Hearing. See Shropshire Star article link below. This means a two day hearing rather than the three
Dear Supporter As you know, a few weeks ago we approached the Planning Inspectorate asking that they upgrade the Dudleston appeal from Written Representations to Inquiry. We had very good reasons to ask for this, not least of which is
Dear Supporter It is thanks to your active participation in the planning process that the appeal regarding the Dudleston CBM drill has now been upgraded to a Bespoke Inquiry. The appeal guidelines are very clear that contentious applications need to
Dear Supporter Tuesday 17th February was the day for the elected Councillors to reaffirm their original decision. We are pleased to say that they did that in spades and made it clear that they are firmly against unconventional drilling anywhere
