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Court of Appeal Upholds Loxley Planning Consent
Court of Appeal Upholds Loxley Planning Consent.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nUK Oil & Gas PLC\n(\"UKOG\" or the \"Company\")\n \nCourt of Appeal Upholds Loxley Planning Consent\n \nUK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) is pleased to announce that the Court of Appeal has today refused permission for any further appeal against the grant of planning consent for the Company's Loxley conventional gas and hydrogen feedstock project in Surrey. The Court of Appeal's decision is final and cannot be further reviewed or appealed. Consequently, Loxley's planning permission will now remain in full force and effect for its full term.\nThe order made by the Right Honourable Lord Justice Stuart-Smith has upheld the Honourable Mrs Justice Steyn DBE's High Court order dated 20 July 2023 refusing permission to appeal. Both the Court of Appeal and High Court orders state that an appeal would have no real prospect of success.\nUKOG 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. Loxley's hydrogen potential forms part of the Company's move into the hydrogen space along with its Portland hydrogen storage project in Dorset.\nStephen Sanderson, UKOG Chief Executive, commented:\n \n\"We are pleased that Lord Justice Stuart-Smith has once again dismissed the legal challenge to our Loxley project and has confirmed that its planning consent is entirely lawful, as the Company and its counsel has maintained. We believe that a successful project will be beneficial to local and national level energy and economic interests and is fully in keeping with the government's Hydrogen, Energy Security and Net Zero strategies.\"\n \nFor further information, please contact:\nUK Oil & Gas plc\nStephen Sanderson / Allen D Howard Tel: 01483 941493\n \nWH Ireland Ltd (Nominated Adviser an...