FoE members from Brighton & Hove FoE, South East FoE and Mid Sussex FoE.
West Sussex County Council (WSCC) refuse Celtique shale drilling application at Wisborough Green, Sussex
Members of Brighton & Hove FoE joined others at the WSCC County Hall, Horsham on the morning of 22nd July. WSCC refused the appliction from Celtique for exploratory test drilling for shale gas and/or oil at Wisborough Green, Sussex. There had been recommendations to refuse from the Council’s Planning and Highways Officers.
There has been a successful campaign against Celtique’s application by the local Keep Kirkford and Wisborough Green residents group over the last year. Friends of the Earth locally and nationally have been working with them.
Brenda Pollack, campaigner for Friends of the Earth in the South East said: “This was absolutely the right decision. Nobody wants to see Sussex ruined by industrial drilling for dirty fossil fuels. If Celtique had been allowed to test for oil or gas, then there’s every chance that fracking would have followed”.
Brighton & Hove Friends of the Earth 
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