Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfield in Lincolnshire Wolds
by Matthew Taylor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6K2TM)
Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council's decision to reject plan
Campaigners have been given permission to challenge plans for a new oilfield in an area of outstanding natural beauty - which they say threatens one of England's hidden rural treasures".
The proposed oil-drilling operation is in Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an important habitat for nature and wildlife that has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
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