Frack Free Sussex

04/03/2026

🚨Urgent - Action Needed!🚨

The government is consulting on major changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), including new policies on onshore oil & gas and coal.

This is a significant opportunity to strengthen planning policy and move away from fossil fuel expansion.

⏳ The consultation closes at 11:45pm on 10 March 2026.

Weald Action Group have prepared a short, practical briefing highlighting the key questions relevant to onshore fossil fuels (Q100–110), and simple points you can incorporate into your response. This can be done whether you’re submitting as an individual, group or organisation.

If your group or organisation are already responding on other areas of the NPPF, please consider including the fossil fuel elements. If not, this is a straightforward way to engage to defend climate friendly planning.

🔎Scan the QR code in the graphic or visit tinyurl.com/NPPF2026 to access our simple briefing.

Please share with relevant networks.

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🚨Urgent - Action Needed!🚨

The government is consulting on major changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), including new policies on onshore oil & gas and coal.

This is a significant opportunity to strengthen planning policy and move away from fossil fuel expansion.

⏳ The consultation closes at 11:45pm on 10 March 2026.

We’ve prepared a short, practical briefing highlighting the key questions relevant to onshore fossil fuels (Q100–110), and simple points you can incorporate into your response. This can be done whether you’re submitting as an individual, group or organisation.

If your group or organisation are already responding on other areas of the NPPF, please consider including the fossil fuel elements. If not, this is a straightforward way to engage to defend climate friendly planning.

🔎Scan the QR code in the graphic or visit tinyurl.com/NPPF2026 to access our simple briefing.

Please share with relevant networks.

16/02/2026

Taxi for Angus Energy!

Planning consent at the controversial Balcombe oil site in West Sussex has lapsed, officials confirmed today.

09/02/2026

Let's hope this is the final nail in the coffin at Balcombe, as a failure to start work by the deadline would see the planning permission lapse for Angus Energy.

A well test at the controversial Balcombe oil site – scene of daily anti-fracking protests in summer 2013 – is looking unlikely.

17/01/2026

Please help stop this 'fracking' application at Burniston, North Yorks. Click 'see more' below for ways you can support from afar.

21/12/2025

“Acidisation”, “proppant squeeze”, it’s all still fracking.

Let's get a surge in signatures before the deadline of 4 Jan 2026 👇
tinyurl.com/frack-petition
Sign and share!

29/10/2025

https://drillordrop.com/2025/10/26/mp-calls-for-balcombe-oil-licence-to-be-withdrawn-over-water-contamination-fears/

The government has been urged to withdraw the licence for oil operations at Balcombe in West Sussex because of the risk of water pollution.

29/10/2025

https://drillordrop.com/2025/06/02/campaigners-pledge-to-fight-future-oil-production-in-balcombe/

Opponents of oil operations in the West Sussex village of Balcombe have vowed to fight any future proposals for production, despite losing a recent legal challenge.

09/10/2025

Please take 2 mins to email your MP about the Pension Schemes Bill! You can do this here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write-to-your-mp-divest-our-pensions-from-risky-fossil-fuels

UK Divest has launched a new email action to ask our MPs to support Finance Innovation Lab's amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill. This amendment would ensure that sustainability is centred in the Bill by requiring UK pensions to divest from thermal coal, and implementing a governmental review mechanism for further fossil fuel phase-out from our pensions. If you haven't already, please join us in calling on your MP to support fossil fuel divestment as part of the UK's pensions reform. We can't retire in a world on fire!

We need our MPs to back this amendment by October 21st when the Bill moves into the next stage in Parliament.

18/08/2025