Fracking: Planning Permission

(asked on 20th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Prime Minister's statement in the House of Commons on 8 September 2022, how local support for developers seeking planning permission for natural gas fracturation will be measured.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 28th September 2022

The Government expects industry to work closely with communities in order to gather the local support needed, as well as to determine what kind of community benefits will be put in place.

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