PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fracking: Planning Permission (27 October 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether there is a process in place for local authorities to challenge central government decisions in relation to the allowing of hydraulic fracturing activities.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Local authorities may challenge a decision by the Secretary of State to grant planning permission for such activities by making an application for permission to bring a legal challenge in the High Court.

Answered by:
Lord Barwell (Conservative)
1 November 2016