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Lancashire planners fail to recognise risks from fracking at Preston New Road

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Lancashire County council’s planning officers have recommended that planning permission is granted for Cuadrilla to frack at Preston New Road, while recommending that permission is refused for fracking at Roseacre.

Reacting to today’s announcement of Lancashire planning officers’ recommendations on Cuadrilla’s two fracking planning applications in the county, Friends of the Earth’s north west campaign Furqan Naeem said:

“We are disappointed that planning officers have this time not recognised the unacceptable impact that Cuadrilla’s plans to frack at Preston New Road would have on local people, to climate change, and to the environment

“The Council must now listen to the tens of thousands of people who have objected to fracking at both sites, and the strong evidence put before them, and reject both of Cuadrilla’s proposals to frack.

“Fracking has already been halted in Scotland and Wales because of serious risks to the environment, to health and of causing climate change, and two thirds of people in Lancashire want it halted too.

“Rejecting Cuadrilla’s plans is the only way to stop Lancashire’s communities and environment being made the UK’s guinea pig for risky and polluting fracking”

ENDS

Notes to editors

1.    Details of the planning officers’ recommendations.

2.    Each of the proposed Cuadrilla sites would support just 11 jobs (direct and indirect employment). Renewables and energy efficiency are better for jobs than fracking.

For press information please contact the Friends of the Earth media team on 020 7566 1649.

Published by Friends of the Earth Trust

 

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