The first application (involving Fracking) was withdrawn by the applicant - see below.
Dear Ms Proudler,
It is understood that there has been a question raised, in one or more letters of
representation, that in respect of the proposed lateral drilling operations, the
requirements of Section 11 of The Town & Country Planning (Development
Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 may not have been complied
with, in full.
In order to ensure that, despite the extensive public consultation and the
publicity this application has received, there is no owner or tenant (as defined by
the Order) who has not been made aware of what is being proposed, we and the
Applicant are agreed that the current planning application is to be withdrawn.
Therefore, on behalf of the Applicant, Seven Star Natural Gas, please
withdraw the above planning application with immediate effect.
A further planning application, will be submitted in the New Year, once
further more extensive notices have been issued.
The substance of the revised planning application will, to all intents and
purposes,be unchanged.
The second application (without Fracking), has been overwhelmingly rejected by the council as you know.
I'm not sure what right of appeal SSNG has, but the new Government Fracking proposals seem to indicate that locals affected by it should receive compensation, & SSNG, when questioned, laughed that one off blatantly.
The site is totally unsuitable for a start. Its down a single track road with only one passing place (which is beyond the site anyway). There is no off road parking virtually, as the majority of the houses are terraced. I have a garage-just don't own a car at present. The houses we live in (or most of them) were all built around 1900 or so, and its very quiet at night although I'm only probably 500 yards from Top road. So its not far to walk to local shops & catch buses etc. My front room window overlooks a field which is sometimes used for grazing. At the back of my house - allotments.
Idyllic for shift workers like my Wife & Myself.
Then a Farmer decides he can make some money from one of his fields by stepping into bed with Alkane/Seven Star Natural Gas with no thought whatsoever for the nearby householders. It was a good idea in fairness, but when the nearest house is only 150 metres away it seems daft & obtrusive. The gas would run 2 diesel engines 24/7 for up to 15 years. Not to mention the flare stack at 133ft tall (floodlit too) going off as and when, and you have to worry about the air quality too. Concerns with wildlife, & a local neighbour with horses in stables in a field nearby who would have to move them because of the noise from the flare stack randomly going off.
The drilling (albeit in Calow) would have gone as far as Hady & Brimington (two separate drills) and beyond possibly, so it was not just the good folks of Calow who took a stand.
Hats off to DCC though - they supplied a coach for people to attend the meeting in Matlock today - they didn't have to do that.
I'm hoping we've heard the last of it - I might be accused of being a NIMBY - I don't care frankly - if you buy a house in greenbelt area then you do it for a purpose. The Farmer (who stands to profit) did'nt want it in his back yard - so tried to put it in someone else's.
I hope he's frigging happy - NOT!
