Drilling down into fracking

May, Caroline

Drilling down into fracking - 2015 - Estates Gazette (1536) 12 September 2015, 90-92(3) .

Examines the legal framework of shale gas planning applications in the context of these applications being fast tracked at the same time as a number of environmental safeguards are introduced. The fast tracking will not mean any changes to existing legislation but the secretary of state will call in shale planning applications on a case by case basis and will be encouraged to take decisions instead of local councils if they repeatedly fail to determine applications within the 16 week statutory timeframe.


United Kingdom