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Views sought on environmental impact of Europa’s Burniston gas plans

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Views sought on environmental impact of Europa’s Burniston gas plans

People are invited to comment on the environmental impacts of gas exploration, including lower-volume fracking, at Burniston in North Yorkshire. Proposed Burniston gas exploration site (in red). Source: Europa Oil & Gas permit applications The company behind the scheme, Europa Oil & Gas, has applied for environmental permits, among the several consents it needs before work can go ahead. Europa wants to drill and test a well on the edge of Burni…Read Article

$Government urged to close fracking loophole$

Fracking · Burniston

Government urged to close fracking loophole

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has been urged to widen the moratorium on fracking in England to include all forms of the process. Photo: Anne Thompson The moratorium, introduced after fracking caused earthquakes in 2019, covers only operations that meet the statutory definition, based on the volume of fluid used. But opponents of onshore oil and gas have consistently called for the moratorium to be extended to operations that fracture rocks…Read Article

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[Opinion] Burniston gas plan qualifies as fracking – expert legal opinion

A council is being urged to refuse plans that would use a form of fracking to explore for gas at Burniston near the North York Moors National Park. Photo: Used with the owner’s consent A legal opinion has confirmed that proposals by Europa Oil & Gas to pump liquid and proppant at high pressure qualify as fracking under North Yorkshire’s planning policy. Friends of the Earth obtained advice from Estelle Dehon KC, one of the UK’s leading environm…Opinion · Burniston Read Article

Parliamentary petition calls for ban on all types of fracking

An official online petition is calling on the government to ban “small-scale fracking” for onshore oil and gas. Map showing signatures to petition in past two days. The constituency marked in red is Scarborough and Whitby, which includes Burniston. Map: parliamentary petitions The petition, launched two days ago by people in a North Yorkshire village opposing plans for the process, has so far attracted more than 930 signatures. The government r…Fracking · Burniston Read Article

Burniston MP calls for parliamentary debate on fracking

The MP for the North Yorkshire village of Burniston, where a form of fracking is planned, has called for a parliamentary debate on the issue. Photo: Anne Thompson Alison Hume, Labour MP for Scarborough and Whitby, said residents were “waiting anxiously” to see whether North Yorkshire Council would approve an application by Europa Oil & Gas on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The proposal, for a gas exploration well, includes prop…Burniston · Burniston Read Article

Burniston MP to quiz minister on fracking ban

The MP for the North Yorkshire village of Burniston, where there are plans for a form of fracking, has promised to question the government on its commitment to ban the process. At a meeting with residents, Labour’s Alison Hume repeated her opposition to proposals by Europa Oil & Gas for a proppant squeeze at Burniston. “I am against fracking in all its forms, including small-scale fracking, such as the proppant squeeze Europa are proposing to …Burniston · Burniston Read Article

National park planners decide against objecting to Burniston gas drill site

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North York Moors planners have decided against objecting to a controversial gas extraction test site near the national park boundary.Burniston · Burniston Read Article

National park recommends approval of Burniston gas plans – but with strengthened conditions

Proposals to explore for gas near the edge of the North York Moors would not cause “significant harm” to the national park, the park’s authority agreed this morning. Map shown to North York Moors National Park planning committee (15/5/2025). The map shows the proposed site outline (in red) surrounded by 1km circles (dotted lines) and the national park boundary in blue. Source: North York Moors National Park All but one of park’s planning commit…Burniston · Burniston Read Article

TRAVEL: A171 Whitby to Scarborough road closed at Burniston for emergency water main repairs

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The A171 has been closed at Mill Lane, Burniston due to a burst water main.Burniston · Burniston Read Article

Burniston gas plans – concerns from National Park planners

The proposal by Europa to explore for gas near the North York Moors National Park “sits uncomfortably” with local climate change commitments, officials have said. View towards the North York Moors National Park from the edge of the proposed gas site at Burniston.Photo: DrillOrDrop Planners at the national park authority said in a report this week that the proposed development “would mark a significant step towards potential exploitation of a fo…Burniston · Burniston Read Article