Oil and gas drilling site in AONB refused against officers' advice

摘要

Oil and gas exploration firm Egdon Resources’ submitted oil drilling plans to Lincolnshire County Council for a 2.4-hectare site in the village of Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds.According to the planning officers' report to the planning committee, which decided on the application on Monday 1November, the applicant proposed developing the site - which has been subject to exploratory drilling - to produceoil and gas for 15 years.The site, a former quarry that "has been restored to agricultural", would be “restored back to agricultural use withoff‐site planting being retained on cessation of oil production”, the report added.