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Application for test drilling at Balcombe approved

An application submitted by the energy company Cuadrilla to do further exploration work for oil and gas in Balcombe has been approved, by West Sussex Council.

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Campaigners 'disappointed' by Balcombe decision

We are extremely disappointed that councillors have not listened to local

people. This is an attempt by Cuadrilla to set the wheels in motion for dirty fossil

fuel extraction. We need the council and our Government to push forward with

clean energy solutions."

– Brenda Pollack, Friends of the Earth's South East campaigner

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