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Planning guidance on fracking inquiry

Inquiry

The CLG Committee is to examine whether guidance for local authorities taking planning decisions on fracking applications needs to be updated or improved.

The inquiry on the planning guidance for hydraulic fracturing or shale gas extraction will also focus on whether there needs to be a comprehensive document bringing all existing guidance together, for all those involved in the planning process.

The Committee will also consider whether applications for fracking should be determined by the national planning regime rather than at a local level.

The Committee is inviting written submissions on the following questions:

  • Is there the need to update and improve the guidance available?
  • Is there the need for a comprehensive document incorporating existing and updated guidance?
  • What is the status – in planning terms – of the extant Government guidance?
  • Should applications for fracking be dealt with as national infrastructure under the 2008 Planning Act?

If you have any queries please contact the Inquiry Manager: Jenny Burch, Second Clerk.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Monday 21 May 2018
4:30pm Public
Planning guidance on fracking inquiry - Oral evidence 21 May 2018
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Monday 14 May 2018
4:00pm Public
Planning guidance on fracking inquiry - Oral evidence 14 May 2018
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Monday 30 April 2018
4:00pm Public
Planning guidance on fracking inquiry - Oral evidence 30 April 2018
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

  • Email: hclgcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 1975 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 7556 (media inquiries)
  • Address: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA