Commenting on the news, Greenpeace energy campaigner Leila Deen said:
“Cuadrilla’s plans for Balcombe are a dog’s dinner. They only recently submitted an application to extend the drilling window, now they’ve already withdrawn it and admitted they’re reassessing the programme. It’s not yet clear if this is a shift of direction or if the company merely got its sums wrong. Either way, the local council has the opportunity to revisit its previous highly controversial decision to give Cuadrilla the green light in Balcombe. The poster boy for fracking looks like it’s in trouble again.”
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To read Cuadrilla email withdrawing application, scroll to the bottom of this page:
http://buildings.westsussex.gov.uk/ePlanningOPS/tabPage3.jsp?aplId=1571
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