RE: After UKOG successful appeal at Loxley9 Jun 2022 14:23
"and that's in the Tory heartlands surely we should not have any more planning delays and appeals given the present global situations."
You didn't read teh Times today -
"The project is vociferously opposed by Jeremy Hunt, the local MP, ....... " who is a possible next PM
Tom Fyans of CPRE, the countryside charity, said: “Approving the drilling of a gas well in the Surrey countryside is an absurd decision that’s guaranteed to provoke fury and despair. It’s extraordinary, given the urgent need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, that the government sees fit to greenlight a gas field and damage the setting of an area of outstanding natural beauty. "He added: “Given the scale of opposition to this plan, with the local council, local MP and local people all united in anger, it is hard to see how the project can go ahead without mass protests.”
The CPRE is the farmers and toffs organisation