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*'''26''': The government call on local councils to not “gold-plate”  human rights law when evicting protest camps. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418040/150326_Joint_Letter_Brandon_Lewis_MP_and_Rt_Hon_Mike_Penning_MP_-_Final.pdf Department for Communities and Local Government Uploads), ''GOV.uk'', 26 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016</ref>
 
*'''26''': The government call on local councils to not “gold-plate”  human rights law when evicting protest camps. <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418040/150326_Joint_Letter_Brandon_Lewis_MP_and_Rt_Hon_Mike_Penning_MP_-_Final.pdf Department for Communities and Local Government Uploads), ''GOV.uk'', 26 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016</ref>
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*'''28''': The government rejects the need for a moratorium on fracking to not exceed the UK’s carbon budget. <ref> [http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/environmental-audit-committee/environmental-risks-of-fracking/written/18683.pdf Government Response To The Environmental Audit Committee’s Inquiry Into Environmental Risks Of Fracking],  ''Parliament.uk'', 26 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 13:19, 16 September 2016


2011

2012

2013

2014

October

2015

January

  • 26: MPs vote against amendments to the Infrastructure Bill proposing tougher regulations and a moratorium on fracking.[3]
  • 28: Lancashire County Council defer decision on Cuadrilla fracking application.[4]
  • 28: Scottish government announces moratorium on fracking planning permissions. [5]

February

  • 6: Cuadrilla receives environmental permits for fracking at Roseacre Wood, Lancashire. [6]
  • 9: House of Lords revises amendment to the Infrastructure Bill to remove fracking regulations. [7]. The revised amendment then passed in parliament on 12 February. [8]
  • 25: Lancashire County Council’s development control committee refuse permission to Cuadrilla for shale gas testing at Singleton in the Fylde.[9]

March

  • 5: INEOS acquire IGas North-West shale gas assets to become third UK’s third biggest shale gas licence holder. [10]
  • 17: Neath Port Talbot council permit the drilling of a temporary borehole at Afan Valley for shale gas exploration, the first application of its type to be approved in Wales. [12]
  • 18: Dart Energy challenge plans for a public inquiry into its fracking application at Dudleston Heath, near Ellesmere. [13]
  • 26: The government call on local councils to not “gold-plate” human rights law when evicting protest camps. [14]
  • 28: The government rejects the need for a moratorium on fracking to not exceed the UK’s carbon budget. [15]

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

2016

January

  • 8: Senior INEOS executive, Tom Pickering says his company is focusing efforts in shale gas exploration away from Scotland, towards Cheshire and other areas of England. [16]
  • 12: Bailiffs evict an anti-fracking protest camp at the IGas Duttons Lane site near Chester. More than 175 officers from four police forces were involved, and nine arrests.[17]
  • 19: Nottinghamshire County Council approves IGas’s application for up to 12 groundwater monitoring boreholes at a proposed shale gas site to the north-east of Misson in Bassetlaw, despite 314 public objections against it. [19]
  • 31: A leaked government plan from July 2015, signed by three cabinet ministers, reveals proposals to take decisions for fracking wells away from local councils were tabled shortly after Lancashire County Council refused permission to Cuadrilla to frack wells in the Fylde.[20]

February

  • 9: High-profile inquiry begins on the planning appeals by Cuadrilla against Lancashire County Council’s refusal of its applications to drill up to eight fracking wells, and seismic monitoring plans, across sites at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood.[24]
  • 23: The Planning Inspectorate grants permission to Cuadrilla for site restoration and monitoring at the Grange Hill exploration site near Singleton in Lancashire, despite Lancashire County Council refusing permission in May 2015.[25]

March

  • 15: Ryedale District Council votes against Third Energy fracking near the village of Kirby Misperton, and recommends North Yorkshire County Council opposes fracking at the existing KM8 well.[26]
  • 16: Closing day of the public inquiry into Cuadrilla's appeal against Lancashire County Council to drill up to eight fracking wells and seismic monitoring plans, across sites at Preston New Road and Roseacre Wood. [27]
  • 23: Coastal Oil and Gas appeals its refused application for an exploratory test well at Hendre Farm, Llanharan.[28]
  • 26: Welsh natural resources minister Carl Sargeant extends Wales' moratorium on unconventional gas and oil developments to underground coal gasification. [29]
  • 30: Surrey Council approves extending IGas oil and gas production sites near Bletchingley Central. [30]

April

  • 6: Regulations on fracking well depths come into force. [31]
  • 11: Third Energy is granted environmental permit for the KM8 shale gas well at Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire. [32]
  • 28: Public support for fracking in the UK falls to an all-time low according to a government poll. Most notably, just 19 per cent of people backed fracking while support for renewables surged to 81 per cent in the Department of Energy and Climate Change's long running public attitude tracker poll.[34]

May

  • 5: INEOS sets out summer timetable for seismic surveying and monitoring across England.[35]

June

  • 1: The Scottish Parliament votes for a ban on fracking.[39]
  • 6: Northern Ireland legislates for mandatory planning applications for unconventional oil and gas exploration sites.[40]

July

  • 8: IGas's application for an exploration well at Tinker Lane in Bassetlaw, north Nottinghamshire, is rejected by local planning committee. [43]
  • 13: Surrey County Council approves IGas plans to convert a shale gas exploration site near Guildford to gas production.[44]

August

  • 2: Rathlin Energy receive environmental permit to frack at West Newton, East Yorkshire.[46]
  • 7: The Prime Minister proposes compensating people affected by fracking through direct payments.[47]

Notes

  1. Cuadrilla Lancashire fracking application 'should be refused', BBC News, 21 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  2. Environmental Audit Committee calls for halt to fracking, Parliament.uk, 26 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  3. Fracking moratorium rejected by MPs, BBC News, 26 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  4. Damian Carrington, Lancashire council defers Cuadrilla fracking decision, The Guardian, 28 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  5. Libby Brooks, Scotland announces moratorium on fracking for shale gas, The Guardian, 28 January 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  6. Cuadrilla News Environment Agency Grants Cuadrilla’s Environmental Permits For Roseacre Wood, Cuadrilla Resources, 6 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  7. The Infrastructure Bill returned to the House of Lords on Monday 9 February for consideration of Commons' changes, Parliament.uk, 10 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  8. Damian Carrington, Fracking will be allowed under national parks, UK decides, The Guardian, 12 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  9. Cuadrilla: Fracking firm seismic monitor plan refused, BBC News, 25 February 2015, accessed 15 September 2016
  10. [http://www.ineos.com/news/ineos-group/ineos-to-acquire-significant-share-of-key-igas-north-west-shale-gas-assets INEOS to acquire significant share of key IGas North-West shale gas assets}, INEOS website, 10 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016
  11. Celtique Energie drops two West Sussex drilling bids, BBC News, 12 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016
  12. Drilling of borehole at Afan Valley beauty spot approved, BBC News, 17 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016
  13. Gas drilling bosses oppose Shropshire public inquiry, Shropshire Star, 18 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016
  14. [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418040/150326_Joint_Letter_Brandon_Lewis_MP_and_Rt_Hon_Mike_Penning_MP_-_Final.pdf Department for Communities and Local Government Uploads), GOV.uk, 26 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016
  15. Government Response To The Environmental Audit Committee’s Inquiry Into Environmental Risks Of Fracking, Parliament.uk, 26 March 2015, accessed 16 September 2016
  16. Ruth Hayhurst, INEOS interview: Company spotlight turns to English shale gas areas, Drill or Drop, 8 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  17. Damien Gayle, Anti-fracking protesters evicted from Cheshire camp, The Guardian, 12 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  18. Kevin Hollinrake, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Unconventional Oil and Gas, Kevin Hollinrake's website, 18 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  19. Misson borehole drilling plan given the green light, Retford Times, 19 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  20. Christopher Hope, Ministers plot to foil anti-frackers, The Telegraph, 30 January 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  21. 'No commercial drilling' at Upton anti-fracking protest site, IGas says, BBC News, 5 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  22. David Holmes, 'Outraged' Cheshire police boss aims to recover £200K costs from energy firm, The Chester Chronicle, 8 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  23. Energy firm IGas will not pay for Upton anti-fracking camp police operation, The Chester Standard, 24 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  24. Frances Perraudin, Lancashire council's fracking refusal was 'democracy in action', The Guardian, 9 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  25. Cuadrilla wins Lancashire monitoring site appeal, BBC News, 23 February 2016, accessed 13 September 2016
  26. Ryedale District Council votes to oppose fracking at site in Kirby Misperton, ITV News, 15 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  27. [1], The Blackpool Gazette, 17 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  28. Appeals Casework Portal Reference: APP/L6940/A/16/3145869 GOV.uk, accessed 14 September 2016
  29. Minister extends moratorium to underground coal gasification, GOV.wales, 25 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  30. Ruth Hayhurst, IGas gets go-ahead for 15 years of gas and oil production at Bletchingley, Surrey, Drill or Drop, 30 March 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  31. Guidance on fracking: developing shale oil and gas in the UK, GOV.uk, accessed 14 September 2016
  32. Third Energy is granted fracking permits for a site in North Yorkshire, GOV.uk, 11 April 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  33. Government should accept recommendation on fifth carbon budget, Parliament.uk, 27 April 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  34. Adam Vaughan, UK support for fracking hits new low, The Guardian, 28 April 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  35. Greg Russell, Ineos claims media's 'scare stories' over fracking are distorting public's perceptions of the issue, The National, 5 May 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  36. Damian Carrington, Fracking investors losing patience with planning delays, says industry boss, The Guardian, 19 May 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  37. Landmark North Yorkshire fracking operation approved, BBC News, 23 May 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  38. UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC ("UKOG" or the "Company") Placing for Further Funding for Weald Basin Activities, accessed on 14 September 2016
  39. MSPs vote in favour of a fracking ban as SNP abstain, BBC News, 1 June 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  40. Woodburn oil well: Infrastructure minister 'to change planning process', BBC News, 6 June 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  41. UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC ("UKOG" or the "Company") Acquisition of 100% interest in 300 sq km Licence in Weald Kimmeridge Limestone Oil Province , London Stock Exchange, 13 June 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  42. Exploitation of onshore petroleum requires three key tests to be met, CCC says, Committee on Climate Change, 7 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  43. Bassetlaw planners make seismic decision, Frack Free Tinker Lane, July 8 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  44. Surrey County Council Agenda and minutes, GOV.uk, 13 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  45. Ian Johnston, Climate change department closed by Theresa May in 'plain stupid' and 'deeply worrying' move, The Independent, 14 July 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  46. HU11 4LP, Rathlin Energy UK Limited: environmental permit issued, GOV.uk, 2 August 2016, accessed 14 September 2016
  47. Daniel Boffey, Local people to get cash payments from fracking, The Guardian, 7 August 2016, 14 September 2016