Asked by: Michelle Donelan (Conservative - Chippenham)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that local communities are consulted when planning applications for shale gas extraction sites are made.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
Any local resident can make representations during a formal period of consultation before any planning application for shale exploration is determined.