Application to test Balcombe oil well is approved
Sussex Express, The Newsroom, 9th January 2018
An application to test an oil well in Balcombe has been approved, despite thousands of objections.
West Sussex county councillors came to a decision at a planning committee meeting in Chichester today (January 9).
Oil and gas exploration company Cuadrilla has been given two years’ permission to flow test and monitor the exploration well at the Lower Stumble site.
Residents and supporters protested against the application outside County Hall ahead of the meeting.
Photograph: Sussex Express
