Lancashire

The government has given the green light to frack at a second exploration well in Lancashire

It would focus on the connection with the environment in the Morecambe Bay

Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry said she is satisfied to issue the consent, subject to certain conditions being met

It is seeking consent from the government to frack at Preston New Road later this year

The firm also applied for an injunction forbidding trespassing at the site

The company plans to apply for consent to start fracking at the completed well in the ‘very near future’

  Lancashire County Council is to install 150 electric vehicle (EV) charging points. They will include 18 rapid chargers and 66 dual-socket fast chargers, with the first units to be installed in early 2018. They will be part of Chargemaster’s EV charging network POLAR, which already has more than 5,500 chargers nationwide. The project follows […]

Cuadrilla has started drilling at a fracking site in Lancashire. The pilot well will be drilled 3,500 metres deep and samples will be taken at various levels within the shale rock to decide where best to drill the horizontal wells. The first two horizontal wells will be drilled at depths of between 2,000 metres and 3,500 […]

Cuadrilla has breached its planning permission by delivering a drilling rig at its Lancashire site overnight. The rig was disassembled at the Plumpton Close site at around 4.45am on Thursday, instead of the permitted time from 7.30am. It will be used to drill a pilot well, around 3,5000 metres deep, to identify the best place […]

Campaigners have blockaded a fracking site in Lancashire in protest against the controversial drilling process. They say Cuadrilla’s plans to frack around five miles away from the Springfields nuclear fuel production plant could pose a risk. Six demonstrators initially locked themselves to a car and other heavy objects at 3am this morning, preventing vehicles from […]