The fracking firm will now have until 2025 to restore the Preston New Road site back to fields as it continues to decommission it following fracking ban. lancashirecc agreed to an extension:
In a meeting on Thursday morning, committee members were split over the proposal, which had been recommended for approval by County Hall planning officials who had described the delay as “unfortunate”, but concluded that it was acceptable.
A demonstration was staged outside County Hall ahead of and during the meeting by Nanashire – Nanas Against Fracking – and Preston New Road Rolling Roadside Protest. In his objection, Mr. Menzies said that there had been “adequate time” to restore the site, but suggested that Cuadrilla had not done so in the “hope that there will be a change of government policy”.
A moratorium – or indefinite ban – is currently in place on fracking, having been reinstated when Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister last autumn. His short-lived predecessor Liz had announced in September that she wouldIt had originally been outlawed in 2019 following a series of tremors at the Little Plumpton site that year. The largest of them – measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale – saw fracking suspended in the area and it never recommenced.
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