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
The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 10th November 2019 CAMPAIGNERS have called for oil drilling in a village to be stopped after the Government declared a temporary pause on fracking. Villagers in Balcombe, near Crawley, have spoken out against plans to run a three-year “flow test” at an oil well in the
The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 16th September 2019 CONCERNS have been raised over plans to extract 3,000 barrels of oil from the countryside. Petrochemical firm Angus Energy announced it hopes to conduct another test at its oil site in Balcombe, near Haywards Heath. Managing director George Lucan said the company will
Sussex Express, The Newsroom, 18th September, 2018 Protesters gathered in Balcombe today after an oil company moved onto land in the village to start testing a controversial oil well. Worried villagers and mums gathered in protest as oil firm Angus Energy started to prepare the site at Lower Stumble for exploration. Hundreds
The Argus, Josh Walton, 9th January 2018 A COMPANY has been granted permission to test for oil at a village site where one of the largest anti-fracking protests in the country was held years ago. West Sussex County Council‘s planning committee voted unanimously today to grant Cuadrilla temporary permission for flow
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’
Business Green, Michael Holder, 9th January 2018 County council grants temporary permission to fracking firm Cuadrilla for shale gas exploration in Balcombe, despite thousands of objections from local residents West Sussex county council has voted to once again allow fracking firm Cuadrilla to test for shale gas and oil at
BBC News, 9th January 2018 Councillors approved an oil company’s plans to explore for fossil fuels in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, despite nearly 3,000 objections. Cuadrilla Resources drilled a well in Balcombe in 2013 but the initial licence to test for oil flow expired. The company said it
The Guardian, Adam Vaughan, 9th January 2018 Approval by West Sussex council comes as another shale company plans a legal challenge against Scotland’s fracking ban Fracking firm Cuadrilla has been given the go-ahead to explore for oil near a West Sussex village that was the site of the UK’s biggest
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
The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 10th November 2019 CAMPAIGNERS have called for oil drilling in a village to be stopped after the Government declared a temporary pause on fracking. Villagers in Balcombe, near Crawley, have spoken out against plans to run a three-year “flow test” at an oil well in the
The Argus, Samuel Brooke, 16th September 2019 CONCERNS have been raised over plans to extract 3,000 barrels of oil from the countryside. Petrochemical firm Angus Energy announced it hopes to conduct another test at its oil site in Balcombe, near Haywards Heath. Managing director George Lucan said the company will
Sussex Express, The Newsroom, 18th September, 2018 Protesters gathered in Balcombe today after an oil company moved onto land in the village to start testing a controversial oil well. Worried villagers and mums gathered in protest as oil firm Angus Energy started to prepare the site at Lower Stumble for exploration. Hundreds
The Argus, Josh Walton, 9th January 2018 A COMPANY has been granted permission to test for oil at a village site where one of the largest anti-fracking protests in the country was held years ago. West Sussex County Council‘s planning committee voted unanimously today to grant Cuadrilla temporary permission for flow
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’
BBC News, 9th January 2018 Councillors approved an oil company’s plans to explore for fossil fuels in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, despite nearly 3,000 objections. Cuadrilla Resources drilled a well in Balcombe in 2013 but the initial licence to test for oil flow expired. The company said it
The Guardian, Adam Vaughan, 9th January 2018 Approval by West Sussex council comes as another shale company plans a legal challenge against Scotland’s fracking ban Fracking firm Cuadrilla has been given the go-ahead to explore for oil near a West Sussex village that was the site of the UK’s biggest