Fracking drilling rig brought on site overnight 'to avoid protests'
by Adam Vaughan from Environment | The Guardian on (#2XM8K)
Cuadrilla faces action for breaching planning permission after delivery to site near Blackpool
A company preparing to be the first to start large-scale UK fracking has breached its planning permission by delivering a drilling rig overnight, prompting the local authority to warn it is considering action against it.
Cuadrilla said that around 30 trucks had made deliveries to its Preston New Road site near Blackpool at 4.45am on Thursday. It has permission to frack at the site later this year.
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