UK fracking given go-ahead as Lancashire council rejection overturned

Communities secretary, Sajid Javid, has accepted an appeal from Cuadrilla against an earlier decision to turn down their plans to frack on the FyldeSajid Javid has overturned Lancashire county council’s rejection of a fracking site, paving the way for shale company Cuadrilla to drill in the county next year and drawing outrage from local groups, environmentalists and politicians.The council cited visual impact and noise when it turned down the company’s two planning applications to f