Planning process for shale gas development
Developing a site: when planning permission is required
The extraction of oil or gas using the fracking method involves three phases. Planning permission from the local Minerals Planning Authority – Nottinghamshire County Council – is required at each stage.
- Developing a site: when planning permission is required
- Exploration
- Appraisal
- Production/ extraction
- Licences required before fracking can be undertaken
- Licensing organisations
- The Minerals Planning Authority - Nottinghamshire County Council
- Environment Agency (EA)
- Health and Safety Executives (HSE)
- The Environmental Impact Assessment
