Villagers say gas well application is 'a joke', as inquiry opens
by Josh Halliday North of England correspondent and H from Environment | The Guardian on (#4GYXP)
Ineos, owned by UK's richest man, wants to overturn ban on well next to sheltered housing
Villagers have accused Britain's richest man of making "a joke of local democracy" after his petrochemical firm applied to overturn a council's decision to stop it from drilling a shale gas well in the Yorkshire countryside.
Residents in the village of Woodsetts, in South Yorkshire, said the plans by Ineos to carry out test drilling would "ruin so many people's lives" and "devastate" the local community.
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