A petition calling on the Minister for Natural Resources to call in all Planning Applications for Unconventional Oil and Gas development has been handed over to the Petitions Committee.
The full petition wording is as follows:
We the undersigned call upon the Minister for Natural Resources to amend the THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (NOTIFICATION) (UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS) (WALES) DIRECTION 2015 to call in all Planning Applications for Unconventional Oil and Gas development including exploratory drilling for Shale Gas, Coal Bed Methane and Underground Coal Gasification, to the Minister.
The petition will be received by members of the Petitions Committee on the steps of Senedd.
The petition collected 1254 signatures and has been brought forward by Frack Free Wales.