Council defers gas wellsite decision upon Government request

North Yorkshire Council has postponed a decision on a planning application for a gas wellsite scheme.

The council’s strategic planning committee meeting was due to meet tomorrow to discuss the application from Europa Oil and Gas to build a temporary wellsite near Scarborough, with the aim of exploring the potential for natural gas testing.

However, the MHCLG has asked that the local authority issues no decision while the Secretary of State considers requests for the application to be called in for determination.

North Yorkshire Council’s assistant chief executive, Barry Khan, said the council cannot agree a new date for the committee meeting until the Planning Inspectorate confirms whether the application will be called in.

He added: ‘As this is a live planning application, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further at this stage.’

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