Campaigners get go-ahead to challenge plans for oilfiield in Lincolnshire Wolds

Permission granted for judicial review after Planning Inspectorate overturned local council’s decision to reject plan

Campaigners have been given permission to challenge plans for a new oilfield in an area of outstanding natural beauty – which they say threatens one of England’s “hidden rural treasures”.

The proposed oil-drilling operation is in Biscathorpe in the Lincolnshire Wolds, an important habitat for nature and wildlife that has been officially designated an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).