Communities fighting onshore oil and gas
Horse Hill well site: planning timeline January 2012: Magellan Petroleum (UK) Ltd was granted planning permission (ref.RE10/2089) for exploration. October 2014: The HH-1 borehole was drilled and discovered oil accumulations …
The hearing on 21 and 22 June will be livestreamed. Watch on: https://www.supremecourt.uk/live/court-02.html Press release from Leigh Day solicitors Campaigner Sarah Finch has a Supreme Court hearing on 21 and …
On 21 and 22 June, the Supreme Court will hear the legal challenge concerning the grant of planning permission for four new oil wells and 20 years of oil production …
Continue reading “Court Support: Horse Hill Supreme Court Appeal”
The landmark legal case on oil production at Horse Hill, which will be heard by the Supreme Court on 21 & 22 June, could threaten plans for a controversial new …
The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) has applied to intervene in the legal case brought by campaigner Sarah Finch against Surrey County Council over planning permission for new oil wells …
Continue reading “WAG welcomes groundbreaking development in Horse Hill Case”
Press release from Leigh Day Solicitors The Supreme Court will make a landmark ruling about whether councils must factor in the long term climate impact when considering applications for fossil …
Continue reading “Supreme Court to rule over go-ahead for oil wells at Horse Hill in Surrey”
The Weald Action Group has submitted a response to the Environment Agency’s consultation on the application by Horse Hill Developments Ltd to vary the environmental permit for their Horse Hill …
Continue reading “WAG objects to environmental permit variation for Horse Hill”
UPDATE: The Environment Agency extended the site’s permit to allow flaring of up to 10 tonnes of gas a day during production. Read more – despite telling planning decision-makers …
Horse Hill challenge dismissed – but judgment not unanimous Court of Appeal judges were divided over a claim that Surrey County Council acted unlawfully when it decided to grant planning …
The legal challenge to Surrey County Council’s 2019 decision to allow 20 years of drilling at Horse Hill was heard in the Appeal Court on 16-17 November. Lawyers on both …