The Business Desk
March 24, 2017
Nottinghamshire County Councillors have approved Dart
Energy’s planning application to drill an exploratory for shale gas well on
land off the A634 between Barnby Moor and Blyth.
The application was approved at the Planning and
Licensing Committee meeting on Tuesday 21 March following a seven hour meeting.
The site is around 1.5km north-west of Barnby Moor and
3km south-east of Blyth and is currently open farm land. No hydraulic
fracturing, known as ‘fracking’ will be carried out as part of the planning
permission
.
During the Planning and Licensing meeting, County
Councillors heard from five organisations who presented their views about the
planning application; Blyth Parish Council, Torworth Parish Council, Tinker
Lane Community Group, Dart Energy and United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas.
County Councillors approved 52 planning conditions to
restrict development at the site, including controls covering issues relating
to traffic, lighting, noise and ecology.
Following presentations from community
representatives, County Councillors agreed to extend proposed HGV restrictions
on vehicles from the shale gas site using the main road past Blyth primary
school by an additional 30 minutes during school drop off and pick up times.
The change means that HGVs from the site will be prevented from driving past
the primary school from 7.30 – 9am and from 3 – 4.30pm during weekdays.
County Councillors approved a similar application for
exploratory shale gas drilling at Misson Springs in Bassetlaw in November 2016.
Councillor John Wilkinson, chair of the County
Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee said: “I would like to thank the
local residents and community groups who attended the meeting and explained to
County Councillors their concerns about the development at site off Tinker
Lane.
“A number of the concerns were about highway and
traffic issues. Through debate and discussion during the meeting, we were able
to address local people’s concerns and highlight the feedback from statutory
consultees like Highways England and the County Council’s Highways which was
used to support the recommendation to approve the planning application….
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