The planning application for exploratory drilling between the villages of Kirdford and Wisborough Green, West Sussex has been unanimously REFUSED by WSCC planning committee!

Everyone at Frack Free Sussex is celebrating!

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/wisborough-green-becomes-the-first-village-in-britain-to-fight-off-fracking-9621857.html

http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/news/local/mp-welcomes-refusal-of-exploratory-drilling-plans-near-wisborough-green-1-6194314

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/22/west-sussex-county-council-turns-down-shale-gas-exploration-bid

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10983250/Fracking-blow-for-hopes-of-UK-shale-energy-boom-as-council-throws-out-drilling-plans.html

Celtique Energie's boss, Geoff Davies, appears to have got confused between 'politically motivated' decisions and 'public-protection motivated' decisions.... we only have to watch the video (link below) of a single truck movement on the traffic route to see what danger and disruption would be caused if drilling happened at Wisborough Green / Kirdford.

Government plans to allow fracking for gas and oil across the Sussex Weald. To be economically viable this would require thousands of wells to be drilled across our county. Our downland, meadowland, farmland and woodland would be subject to wide-scale industrialisation.

In the USA, towns near fracking sites have seen cancer rates rising, water supplies running out and the poisoning of land, livestock, pets and people by hazardous air pollutants. Water that was once pristine is now so contaminated with methane that it can be set alight. Industry studies show 5-7% of all new oil and gas wells leak and ALL wells will leak eventually.

Our water supply, which comes predominantly from the chalk aquifer, would be threatened.

Property values are falling in areas near drilling sites.

Even the energy secretary says fracking WON’T REDUCE ENERGY BILLS.

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Government plans to allow fracking for gas and oil across the Sussex Weald. To be economically viable this would require thousands of wells to be drilled across our county. Our downland, meadowland, farmland and woodland would be subject to wide-scale industrialisation.

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