JANE HUTT
Assembly Member for the
Vale of Glamorgan
 
PRESS RELEASE
 
Date:  14 May 2012 Release: Immediate
 
Vale AM backing constituents ahead of  ‘Fracking’ Public Inquiry

Vale of Glamorgan AM Jane Hutt, has been contacted by concerned constituents ahead of a Public Inquiry in the Vale of Glamorgan Council Docks Offices, Barry, on May 22nd.  …

The details of the long awaited, penultimate round of our fight have now been made public.
A 2 day public inquiry will be held in:
‘The Board Room’
Vale of Glamorgan Council Docks Office
Barry
Starting on Tuesday 22 May 2012 at 10:00am
We urge all of you who have opposed the application at Llandow to attend …

Today, it has been confirmed that Welsh Water have withdrawn their evidence against the planning application in Llandow. The Vale of Glamorgan Council have been recommended that they ‘offer no further evidence at the appeal‘.
This is indeed a kick in the teeth for the campaign, but we hope that the …

The appeal to overturn the planning decision and allow test drilling for gas in Llandow is now under way!
…And boy do we really need your help with this one!
You can see full details of this appeal at http://www.pcs.planningportal.gov.uk/pcsportal/ViewCase.asp?caseid=2167112&coid=2097472
To help fight our case, we will be instructing a barrister to represent us in the public inquiry. We …

“Bridgend-based Coastal Oil and Gas has now officially lodged an appeal with the Welsh Government against Vale of Glamorgan council’s decision to refuse its plans to test drill for gas at Llandow Industrial Estate.” Reports Peter Collins in the South Wales Echo
A lovely Christmas gift for us all.
ROUND 3! DING DING!
Read …

JANE HUTT
Assembly Member for the
Vale of Glamorgan
 
PRESS RELEASE
 
Date:  08 November 2011 Release: Immediate
Vale AM Sponsors ‘Fracking’ event in National Assembly
 
Vale of Glamorgan Assembly Member Jane Hutt, sponsored a briefing session for  AMs on the subject of shale gas extraction and the controversial ‘fracking’ process.

The event which was held in the …

We were very proud to co-host an event yesterday with the Co-operative for Assembly Members and their researchers.
Many thanks to Vale AM Jane Hutt for sponsoring the event. Her continued support for our campaign is very much appreciated!
During the lunch time event, we spoke to many different people who all …

In a meeting last week, the Vale of Glamorgan Cabinet committee voted unanimously to officially requested a moratorium on fracking from the Welsh Government.
Chief Executive Gorden Kemp said ‘We have planning guidelines for bats and newts, we need guidelines for this – this is much more imporant!’
 
 

Common sense prevailed! The Vale planning committee unanimously rejected the planning application that we have been campaigning against for 7 months!
We have won the battle, but we haven’t won the war. There is still a lot to do, but this is a fantastic result.
Thanks to everyone who has supported this …

Last night, the Vale of Glamorgan Scrutiny Committee met to have an extraordinary meeting to discuss how shale gas drilling could affect the Vale.
Giving evidence at the meeting were:

G£rwyn William$, Coastal Oil and Gas Limited
Mr. P. Henderson, Environmental Policy Manager, Dwr Cymru
Mr. J. Harrison, Environment Agency
Miss. L. Evans (me), ‘Vale Says No’
Professor J. …