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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.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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8th report - Planning guidance on fracking
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Minister of State for Housing, Kit Malthouse, on the government response to the fracking report, dated 23 May 2019
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Letter to Chair from the Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry, on the new Shale Gas Commissioner, dated 22 March 2019
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Letter from the Minister of State for Housing to the Chair, regarding fracking, dated 8 February 2019
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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