STATEMENT FROM CUADRILLA RESOURCES ON REFUSAL OF GRANGE HILL PLANNING APPLICATION

“We are perplexed and disappointed by the decision of Lancashire County Council’s Development Control Committee (DCC)  to refuse our planning application for Grange Hill.  The refusal was contrary to the advice of Lancashire County Council planning officers, the HSE and the EA all of whom recommended it for approval.  It is not clear what the …

STATEMENT FROM CUADRILLA RESOURCES REGARDING GRANGE HILL OFFICER’S RECOMMENDATION

“We welcome the decision by Lancashire County Council’s Planning Officers to recommend to the Council’s Development Control Committee the approval of planning consent for our application for  our Grange Hill site. Planning permission was originally granted for the site in 2010, and the well was safely drilled to its target depth of 10,700ft in 2011. …

ENVIRONMENT AGENCY GRANTS CUADRILLA’S ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS FOR ROSEACRE WOOD

The Environment Agency has today announced that it has granted Cuadrilla all of the environmental permits required to carry out operations safely at its proposed shale gas exploration site at Roseacre Wood. Francis Egan, CEO of Cuadrilla, responding to today’s announcement, said: “We are pleased that the Environment Agency has granted our permits for our …