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Planners are due to decide whether to approve or reject a shale company's bid to explore for oil and gas in the South Downs National Park.

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Littlehampton Gazette: Decision due on shale gas plan

Planners are due to decide whether to approve or reject a shale company's bid to explore for oil and gas in the South Downs National Park.

Celtique Energie has put in a planning application for a site near Fernhurst, West Sussex, to drill a temporary vertical well to test for oil and gas.

The plan, which has attracted more than 5,500 objections, could also lead to the drilling of a horizontal well extending out from it.

South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) officers have recommended that the planning application - which does not seek permission for "fracking" - should be refused.
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