Quakers welcome end to five-year fracking dispute

Friends welcome the news that fracking company Cuadrilla will not appeal against the refusal of planning permission for a second shale gas site in Lancashire

by Rebecca Hardy 12th April 2019

Quaker anti-fracking campaigners are celebrating the news that fracking company Cuadrilla will not appeal against the refusal of planning permission for a second shale gas site in Lancashire. The announcement on 22 March that the company will not pursue plans for Roseacre Wood near Blackpool ends a five-year planning dispute between Cuadrilla and local residents. Campaigners have said they ‘can breathe a sigh of relief’.