Guidance

Shale exploration – support for mineral planning authorities: invitation to bid

This document invites bids from mineral planning authorities for funding to help them with the processing of shale planning applications.

Applies to England

Documents

Shale exploration – support for mineral planning authorities: invitation to bid 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020

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This document invites bids from mineral planning authorities for funding, at defined trigger points in the planning application process, to help them with the processing and consideration of shale planning applications.

The government recognises shale represents a new area for mineral planning authorities and that it will present complex and challenging issues for them in their processing of shale planning applications.

This prospectus sets out how mineral planning authorities can bid for funding to improve their capacity and capability to deal with shale planning applications.

Published 1 December 2016
Last updated 17 May 2018 + show all updates
  1. Added prospectus for 2018-19 and 2019-20.

  2. Added 2017-18 prospectus.

  3. First published.