Planning process for shale gas development
Health and Safety Executives (HSE)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) review the workings on the site to make sure that the operations are carried out safely to meet current legislation. Their focus is to make sure that the extraction of the gas is carried out safely including the construction of an appropriate well casing for the borehole.
- 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
