Balcombe children speak out against oil testing in village: ‘I don’t want big lorries going past my school’
Sussex Express, Jennifer Logan, 13th Nov 2019
Balcombe children have spoken out against further oil testing in Balcombe as a public consultation asking residents to give their views comes to a close.
Angus Energy has applied to return to the Lower Stumble Exploration Site, off London Road, for three years’ oil prospecting.
It has previously insisted there will ‘never’ be hydraulic fracturing – fracking – at the site. And, it said, there will be no drilling during current tests. But villagers have remained worried.
A public consultation by West Sussex County Council giving residents the opportunity to have their say on the application closed on Tuesday (November 12).
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