BBC: Balcombe protests: Fracking row village sees fresh plan

Oil drilling will cease in a village at the centre of an anti-fracking campaign by the end of September, but further testing could take place under new plans by energy firm Cuadrilla.

Protests were staged in Balcombe over fears test drilling for oil could lead to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Drilling will end by 28 September under planning conditions set out in 2010.

But Cuadrilla said it would make a fresh application by the end of the month to carry out further well tests.

The energy firm received planning permission three years ago to drill a 3,000ft (900m) vertical well and a 2,500ft (750m) horizontal bore south of the village in a search for oil.  MORE