Frack Free Balcombe Residents Association (appellants) v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities & ors (respondents)

Tuesday 28 – Wednesday 29 January 2025

By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 31 October 2023, this is an appeal against the Order, dated 13 October 2023 of Mrs Justice Lieven sitting in the Administrative (Planning) Court in which she refused a statutory challenge under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“TCPA”) to the decision of an Inspector of the Secretary of State granting planning permission to Angus Energy Weald Basin No 3 Ltd for exploration and appraisal of a site for suitability for hydrocarbon extraction.

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