Decision

Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC) application by Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd: Preston New Road site (PNR-1z) - decision notice

Decision on Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd application for Hydraulic Fracturing Consent for the horizontal well, number ‘PNR-1z’, at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire.

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, and The Rt Hon Claire Perry
Published
24 July 2018
Last updated
19 September 2018 — See all updates

Documents

Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC) application by Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd (PNR-1z): decision letter

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Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC) application by Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd (PNR-1z): evidence review

PDF, 168 KB, 3 pages

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Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC) application by Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd (PNR-1z): conditions

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Details

After careful consideration and scrutiny of the technical legislative requirements, Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry has given Hydraulic Fracturing Consent under section 4A of the Petroleum Act 1998 (inserted by section 50 of the Infrastructure Act 2015) to shale gas operator Cuadrilla Bowland Ltd for the horizontal well, number ‘PNR-1z’, at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire.

See the decision relating to well ‘PNR-2’.

Published 24 July 2018
Last updated 19 September 2018 + show all updates

  1. We have added a letter updating the conditions.

  2. First published.