Application schema

Development relating to the onshore extraction of oil and gas

Development relating to the onshore extraction of oil and gas (including exploratory, appraisal and production phases) and the associated plans, documents and validation information required to support an application.

• Application: extraction-oil-gas
• Entry date: 2025-09-12
• Legislation:
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/contents
  • https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F5a7ca4fded915d6969f46560%2FOnshore_UK_oil_and_gas_exploration_all_countries_Dec13.pptx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/34/contents
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/contents
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/17/contents
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/76/contents
  • https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/1436/contents/made

Fields

• Application:

  The details of the application payload to be submitted

  Reference: application

  Required: True

Modules

This application uses the following modules. Each module groups fields that collect a related set of information.

• Agent contact details (agent-contact)

  Name and contact information if an agent is being used.

• Agent details (agent-details)

  Name and contact information if an agent is being used.

• Applicant contact details (applicant-contact)

  Telephone number and email address of the applicant.

• Applicant details (applicant-details)

  Name and contact information for the parties making the application.

• Flood risk assessment (flood-risk-assessment)

  Results of any flood risk assessments made for the development site

• Conflict of interest (conflict-of-interest)

  Details of any conflict of interest that may exist between the applicant and planning authority.

• Biodiversity, geological and archaeological conservation (bio-geo-arch-con)

  Details of potential impacts to the biodiversity of the site, or any noteable archaeological or geological features.

• Checklist (checklist)

  Checking whether all the requirements of the form have been met, such as proof of payment or supporting documentation.

• Declaration (declaration)

  Signed and dated verification of the application's accuracy.

• Designated areas (designated-areas)

  Details of any 'designated area' the develpoment site is on, such as a Conservation Area or National Park.

• Employment (employment)

  How the proposed development will impact existing and proposed employee numbers

• Equipment and method (equip-method)

  How oil and gas will be extracted as part of the proposed development.

• Existing use (existing-use)

  How the site is currently being used.

• Foul sewage disposal (foul-sewage)

  How waste water will leave the property as part of the proposed development

• Hazardous substances (haz-substances)

  Details of hazardous substances requiring consent used as part of the development

• Hours of operation (hrs-operation)

  Proposed operating hours if the proposed development is intended for non-residential use.

• Ownership certificates and agricultural land declaration (ownership-certs)

  Who will be affected by the proposal and whether they have been notified, such as agricultural tenants

• Access and rights of way (access-rights-of-way)

  Details of any changes the proposed development would make to existing access arrangements or public rights of way

• Plans, drawings and supporting materials (plans-drawings-supporting-materials)

  Additional materials and specifications that form part of the planning application

• Pre-application advice (pre-app-advice)

  Details of pre-application advice previously received from the planning authority

• Site details (site-details)

  Where the proposed development will be built.

• Site ownership (site-ownership)

  For oil and gas extraction developments, who owns or has an interest in the site.

• Site Visit Details (site-visit)

  Information to help the planning authority arrange a site visit

• Storage facilities (storage-facilities)

  For oil and gas extraction developments, how chemicals will be stored

• Trade effluent (trade-effluent)

  Details of any liquid waste produced by industial processes on the proposed site, and how it will be diposed of.

• Trees and hedges information (trees-hedges)

  Details of trees and/or hedges that will be affected by the proposed development

• Oil and gas permission types (oilgas-permission-type)

  Module for details about types of onshore oil and gas extraction permissions already received and applying for

• Development type (dev-type)

  Supporting information for developments used for oil and gas exploration or mining

• Voluntary agreement (vol-agreement)

  Details of any voluntary agreements made as part of an oil and gas extraction application.

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