HELP STOP FRACKING ON NORTH YORKSHIRE'S HERITAGE COASTLINE

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT

Europa Oil and Gas think they can ruin North Yorkshire’s heritage coastline, and that we won’t object. Let’s stop this!

NO FRACKING HERE. NO FRACKING ANYWHERE

WE'RE TAKING ACTION AGAINST FRACKING AT SCALBY, BURNISTON AND CLOUGHTON

We’re taking action to stop Europa Oil and Gas ruining our beautiful area and damaging the planet. Communities in other areas have managed to stop proposals just like this one.

WHO ARE WE?

LOCAL RESIDENTS IN ACTION

Frack Free Coastal Communities are a  group of local residents has been set up to fight the planning application. We have support and help from other local and national groups, and our MP.

OBJECTING TO THE PLANS

We worked together as a community to gain support so that when Europa Oil and Gas put in their planning application we were ready to.  to object to the planning application and proposals by

SAVE OUR HERITAGE COASTLINE

We need to join together to put a stop to the fracking plans.
There are lots of ways that you can help.

STOP EUROPA OIL AND GAS SPOILING OUR HERITAGE COASTLINE

Alison Hume has publicy given her support. We need to stop Europa Oil and Gas from building the UK’s largest gas field, right here on our doorstep.

MORE REASONS TO OBJECT

DISRUPTIVE AND DAMAGING SURVEYS

This map shows the area where Europa Oil and Gas will survey. They want the information to plan where and how to frack the sandstone that holds the gas they want to drill for.

Surveys will be disruptive for farmers and landowners and can themselves cause damage to buildings and other structures.

The survey area covers 16 sq km and stretches from the Cleveland Way to Cumboots Brow in the National Park, and from Cloughton to Scalby. 

THEY SAY IT WON’T CAUSE MUCH DISRUPTION

Large lorries will be moving to and fro along Scalby Road and negotiating the mini roundabout in Burniston village. Europa Oil and Gas have said over 1000 HGVs will be needed for the test drilling alone. They have said there will be dust and noise. They will be working every day except Sunday.

IT IS NOT JUST BURNISTON

Because the drilling goes down and then sideways, the fracking will be spreading under land and properties well beyond Burniston. A map of where the pipes will go shows lines of pipework extending west in diagonal lines towards Scalby.

We now know that Europa Oil and Gas hope that this area of coastline could become the largest on-shore gas field in the UK. Their intention to extract the large amount of gas further north, past Cloughton, towards Ravenscar will require more wells to be drilled and fracked north of the Burniston site.

IT WON’T PROVIDE GAS FOR LOCAL PEOPLE OR MAKE GAS PRICES CHEAPER

Gas extracted will just go into the National Grid like every other sort of power, it is not for local people. Europa Oil and Gas have even said that the gas might even be exported. The price of gas is determined by global factors. Drilling on the North Yorkshire coastline will not bring down your bills.

SELLING YOUR HOUSE COULD BE CHALLENGING

Selling a house in an area where fracking is proposed or taking place will be more challenging. The searches will show up issues which might put off buyers and/or reduce property value.

EUROPA OIL AND GAS IS MAKING MISLEADING STATEMENTS

The industry say that by injecting liquid at a lower pressure, it doesn’t count as fracking.
They call it ‘proppant squeeze’ instead. This is just playing with words to avoid the ban on fracking.

It’s just fracking by another name.

JOIN THE CAMPAIGN

WE NEED YOUR HELP

Together we can stop Europa Oil and Gas building the UK’s largest gas field on our heritage coast.

Not only that, but if planning permsission is granted, it will open up many more planning applications across the country.

Right now, we need to start preparing to write objection letters. Make sure you’re on our mailing list to get the latest news on how and when to do this.

Together, we can make a difference to our heritage coastline, the whole country, and the planet.

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