"If we don't stop fracking here in Lancashire, there's a danger it will spread like a rash across the country." – Barbara Richardson, Roseacre Awareness Group, Lancashire
We stood shoulder to shoulder with Barbara when Cuadrilla applied to drill for shale gas on her doorstep.
"My first thought was just, ‘How can they do this near where we live; how can they industrialise the area around our home?’”
Our planning experts helped Barbara object to the planning application. Lancashire’s County Councillors listened and voted to reject Cuadrilla’s proposal.
Yet, thanks to central government’s decision to override local government’s ruling – and continue to push for fracking – communities around the country are now at risk.
New cases like Barbara's are coming to us all the time.
