Planning Information

A West Newton A wellsite – application to expand D ? Oil & Gas Field Burton Constable Hall Aldbrough B C ? Planned in Your Area

Hornsea

Sproatley

Locations A B C D – see inside Hull HGV Routes

Impacts include

● Traffic 200,000 HGV trips on roads which are not wide or safe enough for their use, putting cyclists, horse riders, walkers and other motorists at risk, and diesel pollution along the whole route

● West Newton A wellsite near Burton Constable Hall. A major expansion is Industrialisation The destruction of our green and pleasant land. planned. More wellsites & wells also planned. Act now to have your say. No longer areas of tranquility, clean air and beautiful countryside, but an industrial area with pollution from noise, light, vibration, noxious odours & fumes, ... Planning Permission Applied for: ● Climate change A Climate Emergency has been declared both ● decades of fossil fuel production nationally and locally, we should not be drilling for new sources of ● up to 25 tankers of flammable crude oil per day via Hull & quiet, fossil fuels. rural roads – an HGV every 14 mins ● a major expansion of West Newton A wellsite – to treble in size ● 17,000 HGVs during 2 years of drilling Public Consultation Open ● to drill 6 new wells – 90 weeks of drilling 24/7 ● East Riding & Hull Councils just declared a Climate Emergency Act Now to Have Your Say Public Consultation Now Open – Have Your Say Details inside Inside: How to submit your comment This leaflet is from concerned local residents, paid for by donations. The more people object, the more chance it will be stopped. What is the Planning Application for? What Happens Next?

● expansion of West Newton A wellsite to nearly triple the current size A Planning Application has been submitted and the Public Consultation ● 30 HGVs would visit the site each day during 12 weeks of site is now open. This is your last opportunity to object. construction – equivalent to 1 journey leg every 12 mins for 12 hrs Later in the summer it will go to the Planning Committee of East Riding ● A drilling rig up to 55m (180 feet) tall would be used to drill 6 new wells of Council. They will decide whether to Allow or Refuse ● Drilling for a total of 90 weeks, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week permission. The public consultation is your chance to convince them. ● Wells would be treated with acid before production ● Up to 330,000,000 standard cubic feet of waste gas could be burned during well testing Act Now ● Well testing to take 1-2 years How to have your say ● to store up to 490 tonnes of crude oil ● up to 25 tankers could visit the site every day during 20 years of Easy Action: Submit a one word comment “Object”. The total production – equivalent to 1 journey every 14 minutes for 12 hours, number of objections matters as it is reported to the Planning including Sundays and bank holidays Committee. Beginning with the word Object makes it clear whether the comment is for, or against, or neutral. • Encourage others to object too Previous Incidents More Effective Action: Submit a comment beginning “Object” and During testing in 2014 when the site was last active incidents included: state why. • Check the guidance (see links below) • Be factual – anonymous, rude or libellous comments will be binned • Stick to ● an emergency well shutdown, apparently when the planned mini-frac Material Considerations (matters relevant to the application) test went wrong. Tests and the lower section of well were abandoned. ● 19 breaches of Environment Agency Permit; enforcement action taken More Information: Further details, guidance, and links will be updated here: www.frack free east yorkshire.com/wna ● overflowing drainage ditches, leaky tanks, ongoing gas leaks Submit Your Comment Online (preferred option): West Newton A Wellsite Click the direct link on the page above, or go to: The site is north east of Hull near Burton Constable Hall, and was newplanningaccess.eastriding.gov.uk constructed in 2013. Two deep (over 2,000m) oil & gas wells have been Planning Application Reference 21/02464/STFUL drilled. Operator Rathlin Energy now wants to drill 6 more wells, and To submit your comment in writing: include the application reference produce oil & gas. Oil would be transported to North Lincolnshire by and your details: East Riding Council, Planning and Development road tanker, via the A165, Hull, and the A63. Management, County Hall, Cross Street, Beverley HU17 9BA Locations Contact: Mid Against A West Newton A Wellsite – Planning Application to expand. Rural Industrialisation Main HGV route via Hull, New Ellerby & Marton. [email protected] B West Newton B Wellsite – drilled 2020, testing underway. Main HGV route via Hull, Bilton, & Sproatley. Gas flaring at West Newton A. Noxious gases caused locals to C D West Newton C & D wellsites – planned, details uncovered 2020 feel sick, and lasted for months.