UK Oil & Gas PLC High Court upholds Loxley planning consent (9215C)
14 October 2022 - 5:09PM
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UK Oil & Gas PLC
14 October 2022
UK Oil & Gas PLC
("UKOG" or the "Company")
High Court upholds Loxley planning consent
UK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) is pleased to announce
that by order of the Honourable Mrs Justice Lang DBE, the High
Court has rejected legal challenges by Protect Dunsfold and
Waverley Borough Council against the Secretary of State's decision
to grant planning permission for Loxley, the conventional gas and
hydrogen feedstock project in Surrey. Loxley planning consent
therefore remains in full force and the Company's plans to
implement the project remain unchanged.
Mrs Justice Lang considered both challenges as " unarguable" and
ordered Waverley and Protect Dunsfold to pay costs of GBP8,835 and
GBP3,000 respectively.
This follows the decision in June of this year by the Right Hon
Stuart Andrew MP, Minister for Housing acting for the Secretary of
State ("SoS") for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to
overturn Surrey County Council's ("SCC") refusal of planning
consent.
UKOG has consistently stated that Loxley can play its part in
the government's Hydrogen and British Energy Security Strategies
via the supply of its gas as feedstock for reformation into clean
burning hydrogen.
It is the Company's and its legal counsel's view that, whilst
further challenges by either claimant are to be expected, the
emphatic rulings of both the SoS and Justice Lang make the
likelihood of their success highly doubtful. In any case, the
Company will continue to rigorously defend its position in any
subsequent action as and when it may occur.
Stephen Sanderson, UKOG Chief Executive, commented:
"We welcome this further emphatic legal decision upholding
planning consent for the Company's material conventional gas and
hydrogen feedstock project in Surrey. Whilst we fully accept the
right to review such material decisions, it cannot be fair or just
that opponents to the decision are given so many opportunities to
make the same argument repeatedly and seemingly regardless of prior
dismissals. We therefore urge the government to swiftly implement
its proposed changes to the planning system for key infrastructure
projects if it is serious about delivering energy self-sufficiency
and associated meaningful economic growth."
For further information, please contact:
UK Oil & Gas PLC
Stephen Sanderson / Allen D Howard / Guzyal Tel: 01483 941493
Mukhametzhanova
WH Ireland Ltd (Nominated Adviser and Broker)
James Joyce / Andrew de Andrade Tel: 020 7220
1666
Communications
Brian Alexander Tel: 01483 941493
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