Balcombe children speak out against oil testing in village: ‘I don’t want big lorries going past my school’

By Jennifer Logan
Published 13th Nov 2019, 14:37 BST
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Balcombe children have spoken out against further oil testing in Balcombe as a public consultation asking residents to give their views comes to a close.

Angus Energy has applied to return to the Lower Stumble Exploration Site, off London Road, for three years’ oil prospecting.

It has previously insisted there will ‘never’ be hydraulic fracturing – fracking – at the site. And, it said, there will be no drilling during current tests. But villagers have remained worried.

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