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Campaign workshop: Using the planning system to fight fracking (Saturday 23rd February)

Free workshop in Manchester this Saturday on using the planning system to fight fracking (shale gas, coal bed methane and other unconventional gas).

FoE No to Fracking

 

11am-4pm, Saturday 23 February, at the Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St, Manchester, M4 1LE.  Map.

If you have not yet booked please email Helen Rimmer to book your place and make sure you get some lunch !  Email: helen.rimmer@foe.co.uk

 

Aim(s) of the Day: Participants will leave with an understanding of:

  • how the planning system relates to fracking
  • what to do if there’s an application for fracking in your area
  • how to influence your minerals and local plans
  • how to get your council to introduce a policy against fracking
  • creative ideas for campaigning using planning

 Agenda

 Tea and coffee from 10.45

 11.00: Part 1: Introduction to fracking and planning

– Introductions, agenda check and chance to say what you want to get from the day

– Unconventional gas and fracking

– Brief overview of the planning system

 11.45:  Part 2: Help! A company wants to frack in my community

– What to do if you have an application in your area – step by step guide to the Development Control process and how to make your objection count

– Environmental Impact Assessment

 1pm: Lunch break

 

1.45: Part 3: How do I make my council go frack-free?

– The local plan-making process

– How to get a fracking policy into your plan

 

2.45: Quick break

3.00:  Part 4: Campaigning on fracking

– Ideas for campaigning in your community using the planning system

– Campaigning and Planning Q and A

– Next steps

 4.00:  Finish and continue discussions in local pub (Port St ale house) for anyone who can stay…

Contacts on the day: Helen 07940 006783, Rachel 07917 358796

Address: Green Fish Resource Centre, 46-50 Oldham St, Manchester, M4 1LE – about 10 mins walk from Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria stations. Map.

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