Fracking: Planning Permission

(asked on 16th July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent decisions by Lancashire County Council, whether they intend to change the system or the guidance in relation to planning applications for hydraulic fracturing.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 23rd July 2015

Due to the Secretary of State’s role in the planning process we are unable to comment on specific planning cases. We will keep all aspects of the regulatory regime for shale gas, including the planning system, under review as the industry develops to ensure it is proportionate and fit for purpose.

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