ON Monday, March 26, The Press published a front page article regarding the prospect of petro-chemical giant INEOS carrying out seismic surveys in Petroleum and Development Licence (PEDL) 283.
Since then local residents have received letters from Julian Sturdy MP stating that, at his meeting with INEOS in early March, they confirmed that they are interested in PEDL 283 north of Barley Rise (which is in the centre of Strensall) and beyond up towards Sheriff Hutton and that they have been contacting landowners locally.
Those of us opposed to fracking believe that matters have gone much further than this and that the company have already obtained permission from landowners to carry out seismic surveys, the first stage in the lead-up to fracking.
Indeed, survey work may well begin as early as August.
It is important that your readers understand the impact that fracking will have, in terms of industrialisation of the countryside, the safety of our water supply, disruption to locals due to HGV movements, impact on tourism and house prices and the impossibility of selling a house close to a fracking site, light pollution and the effects on wildlife, to name just a few of the negative impacts.
Ginnie Shaw,
Osbaldwick, York
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