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Cuadrilla appeal over Lancashire fracking refusal begins Cuadrilla appeal over Lancashire fracking refusal begins
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Energy firm Cuadrilla has begun its appeal against the decision not to allow fracking at two sites in Lancashire. A bid to overturn a decision to refuse fracking at two sites in Lancashire has begun.
The company wants to extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood, on the Fylde Coast, in Lancashire. Energy firm Cuadrilla launched at appeal after permission to extract shale gas at sites in Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood was turned down.
In June 2015 Lancashire County Council rejected both planning applications. Lancashire County Council rejected both planning applications on the grounds of noise and traffic impact.
A public inquiry is being held at Blackpool Football Club's conference suite following last year's refusal.
Cuadrilla's appeal is being heard by the planning inspector and is expected to last five weeks.
The government has decided Communities Secretary Greg Clark will make the final decision because the proposals are "of more than local significance".
Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool, where Cuadrilla previously drilled.Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - was suspended in the UK in 2011 following earth tremors in Blackpool, where Cuadrilla previously drilled.
Pro and anti-fracking protesters have gathered outside Blackpool Football Club's conference suite where the hearing, expected to last five weeks, is taking place. Speaking last year, Cuadrilla's chief executive said the appeal was "a natural step" in the democratic process.
Speaking last year, Cuadrilla's chief executive said the move was "a natural step" in the democratic process. Ahead of the hearing, pro and anti-fracking protesters gathered outside the football club.
The hearing is being chaired by a planning inspector but the final decision will be made by the Communities and Local Government Secretary, Greg Clark. Jasber Singh, from Frack Free Lancashire, said: "We are not going to gain anything from fracking apart from air, noise, land and water pollution that's bad for our health and the health of the climate."
Fracking is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas. In London, Greenpeace activists installed a life-like 33ft (10m) fracking rig and drill at Parliament Square as a protest to coincide with the first day of the inquiry in Lancashire.