'We Can't Wait to Wave Them Goodbye': Campaigners React to New Order over Fracking Site in Fylde

Fracking firm told to strip Lancashire site after 'unacceptable' delay

Lancashire County Council has taken enforcement action against Cuadrilla over its Preston New Road site, near Blackpool, ordering the company to restore the land in line with approved planning conditions.

'We can't wait to wave them goodbye': campaigners react to new order over fracking site in Fylde

The move should mark a final farewell to fracking in Lancashire.

'Unacceptable and unnecessary harm' - Update on Cuadrilla's controversial Preston New Road fracking site

The approved timetable for restoration was not met.

Cuadrilla fracking site – council enforces restoration

The controversial shale gas site at Preston New Road in Lancashire must be restored to farmland by the end of the year, officials confirmed today (8 June 2026). Preston New Road shale gas site. Photo: Maple Independent Media Lancashire County Council said in a statement it had served an enforcement notice on the owner of the site near Blackpool. The notice requires the removal all plant, buildings, security and acoustic fencing, pollution contr…