East Midlands site gets green light for shale gas exploration

Nottinghamshire council approves iGas planning application to drill two wells at Misson, the third UK site to be approved for exploration this year

An energy company has been given the green light to explore for shale gas in the East Midlands, the first step towards the site being potentially fracked in the future.

Nottinghamshire council approved iGas's planning application to vertically and horizontally drill two wells at Misson in north Nottinghamshire, by a vote of seven to four.