Third oil and gas site approved for East Yorkshire

A third East Yorkshire drill site for an oil and gas has been approved after a Canadian energy company proposed plans to operate an exploratory borehole.

Drilling and testing sites were set up by Rathlin Energy at West Newton and Crawberry Hill, Walkington, in 2013.

At a council meeting today, planning permissions was approved for a second West Newton site, which is now called B, as noted in the BBC.

This decision hasn’t been received well by the local community, who have concerns about what impact these drilling sites will have on the surrounding environment.

Simone Butterworth, a former leader of Hull City Council, said: “We have seen the damage and risks at West Newton A…

“We do not need a gas field here in Holderness.”

Several of the protesters who camped on the first two sites last May have been arrested.