Blackpool Gazette: ‘Please save our villages’
Fylde villagers have made an impassioned plea to county councillors to reject bids to frack close to their homes.
The residents of Little Plumpton and Roseacre say they do not want their neighbourhoods changed forever by being the centre for the onshore shale gas industry in this country.
They say the rural nature of the Fylde is under threat along with the peace and quiet, the environment of the Fylde fields and farming and tourism in the area.
Last week, there was joy as a report by Lancashire County Council’s planning officers recommended refusing permission for two bids by Cuadrilla Resources to drill and test for shale gas on farm fields in the rural Fylde hamlets.