After an almost decade-long fight to safeguard the wildlife of Misson Carr Nature Reserve, a rare and fragile wetland habitat in north Nottinghamshire, the Trust was delighted to join local campaigners to celebrate the fact that the exploratory drilling site, just 120 metres from the nature reserve, has finally been restored following pressure from Nottinghamshire County Council.
The restoration of the site represents the last hurdle in a complex and at times fraught ‘David vs Goliath’ planning battle which at times looked unwinnable. News from the County Council that the drilling site had been restored by the developer triggering a joyous celebration that the reserve’s wildlife is no longer under threat and that the local community can now stand down now that the spectre of fracking no longer looms over them.