Surrey County Council ("SCC") granted planning permission to the First Interested Party, Horse Hill Developments Limited ("HHDL"), on the Horse Hill Well Site at Horse Hill, Hookwood, Horley, Surrey ("the site") to retain and expand the site (including two existing wells), and to drill four new wells, for the production of hydrocarbons over a period of 25 years. The main issue was raised whether a developer's obligation under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (SI 2017 No. 571) ("the 2017 Regulations") to provide an environmental statement ("ES") describing the likely significant effects of a development, both direct and indirect, requires an assessment of the greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions resulting from the use of an end product said to have originated from that development.
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