Lincoln Climate Commission has written a letter of objection to the Edgon Resources’ application to drill for and extract oil from Biscathorpe in the Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Councillors have been sent the below email, along with the open letter published at the end of this article, which details why the Commission is objecting to this application.

Dear County Councillor,

We, the undersigned twenty-five members of the Lincoln Climate Commission, would like to draw your attention to our attached open letter to all Lincolnshire County Councillors, objecting strongly to Edgon Resources’ application to drill for and extract oil from Biscathorpe in the Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.  The application is incompatible with the vision implied by the Green Master Plan.

Grant Anderson, Head of Space Strategy, Planning & Sustainability, University of Lincoln

The Rt Revd Dr David Court, Bishop of Grimsby, Diocese of Lincoln

Mel Cowell

Peter Crowther, Education Consultant, previously Head of Science at Bishop Grosseteste University

Drs Clive & Mary Cummins, Independent Environmental Consultants

Nigel Curry, Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln

Rebecca Forster Sustainability Manager at the University of Lincoln

Alex Foxley-Johnson, Lincoln Climate Commission Communications Subgroup Chair

Edward Hanna FRMetS, Professor of Climate Science and Meteorology, University of Lincoln

Philip Jackson

Richard Jones, Managing Director, Amelio Solar Energy

Steve Kemp, Executive Director, OpenPlan

Fen Kipley, 13 Green UK

Dr Andrew Kythreotis, Senior Lecturer, School of Geography, Lincoln Centre for Water and Planetary Health - College of Science, University of Lincoln

Prof Mark Macklin,  Distinguished Professor of River Systems and Global Change and Founding Director for the Lincoln Centre of Water and Planetary Health (LCWPH), University of Lincoln.

Mike Newton

Matt Parr

Christopher A Pugh, student at University of Lincoln, Co-Chair for the Lincoln Climate Commission Research Sub-Group

Meryl Shirley B.A., PGDipSW, MBA

Geoff Stratford, founder member of Lincoln Climate Commission

Richard Tibenham MCIBSE LCC LCEA, for Greenlite Building Physics

Simon Tooke

Anna Tsartsari, Director BE Design

Steff Wright, CEO Gusto Group

View the full application here: Biscathorpe application planning website