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| Little Plumpton fracking decision due | Little Plumpton fracking decision due |
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| An application to start the first fracking operation in the UK for four years will be decided later. | An application to start the first fracking operation in the UK for four years will be decided later. |
| Energy firm Cuadrilla wants to extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. | Energy firm Cuadrilla wants to extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. |
| The county council began considering the bid on Tuesday, after fracking was suspended in the UK in 2011. | The county council began considering the bid on Tuesday, after fracking was suspended in the UK in 2011. |
| Councillors are due to make a decision about the Little Plumpton site, which has been recommended for approval. | Councillors are due to make a decision about the Little Plumpton site, which has been recommended for approval. |
| The site's approval is subject to working hours, noise control and highway matters. | The site's approval is subject to working hours, noise control and highway matters. |
| Protests were held outside the hearing at Lancashire County Council's County Hall in Preston on Tuesday. | Protests were held outside the hearing at Lancashire County Council's County Hall in Preston on Tuesday. |
| At the scene | |
| Helen Carter, BBC News | |
| Surrounded by anti-fracking placards, about 200 protesters wait patiently for the decision on Little Plumpton. | |
| Although there is a large police presence, the atmosphere is almost carnival-like. | |
| A guitarist plays, passing motorists honk horns in support, a cyclist sounds his bell and smiles. | |
| Gayzer Frackman, a former children's entertainer from Lytham who changed his surname by deed poll, said fracking would "poison the water, air and soil." | |
| On a wall opposite the municipal building, Jasper Singh, of Friends of the Earth Lancashire, chalks the names of people in America whose health was allegedly affected by fracking. | |
| He said the Northern Powerhouse needed to be built on renewable energy and there were already enough "dirty fossil fuels." | |
| Karen Merritt of Lytham said: "When I originally saw the report about fracking I thought it could bring jobs to Blackpool and the Fylde." | |
| But she is now convinced "the benefits would be temporary and most of the jobs would be for people out of the area". | |
| Seventy people - for and against fracking - are to speak during the four-day council meeting. | Seventy people - for and against fracking - are to speak during the four-day council meeting. |
| A decision on the application for Roseacre Wood, which has been recommended for refusal, is due on Friday. | A decision on the application for Roseacre Wood, which has been recommended for refusal, is due on Friday. |
| Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas. | Fracking - or hydraulic fracturing - is a technique in which water and chemicals are pumped into shale rock at high pressure to extract gas. |