Consultation outcome

Amendment to permitted development rights for petroleum exploration

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 5 March 2015
• Last updated: 13 August 2015 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Government response to the consultation and invitation for views on further amendments

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4658-1

PDF, 318 KB, 21 pages

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Detail of outcome

This document provides a summary of the responses received to the individual consultation questions and the government’s response to them.

Following consideration of the representations received, we are now seeking views on further amendments to permitted development rights for petroleum exploration for the drilling of boreholes for seismic investigation and monitoring and for the location and appraisal of shallow mine workings.

These further proposals are related to the original proposals in that they should also assist in establishing a more informed baseline for future monitoring; provide information to inform any environmental statement for an environmental impact assessment; and inform the location of drilling sites for any future planning application for petroleum exploration.

In addition we are seeking views, in light of responses, to an extension of the proposed duration of the permitted development right for the drilling of boreholes for ground water monitoring in respect of petroleum exploration.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on a proposal to amend permitted development rights for potential petroleum exploration, including shale gas.

This consultation ran from
5 March 2015 to 11:45pm on 16 April 2015

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on the government’s proposal to amend Part 22 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 to allow the drilling of boreholes for groundwater monitoring for petroleum exploration.

This change would enable works to be carried out to establish baseline information on the groundwater environment in advance of, or in parallel to, any planning application(s) coming forward for such development.

Documents

Amendment to permitted development rights for drilling boreholes for groundwater monitoring for petroleum exploration: technical consultation

Ref: ISBN 978-1-4098-4430-3

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Published 5 March 2015
Last updated 13 August 2015 + show all updates

1. 13 August 2015

   Added government response to the consultation.

2. 5 March 2015

   First published.