Telegraph: Fracking by Cuadrilla in Balcombe may not automatically trigger the 100,000 payment that has been promised to residents near most new fracking sites, the Telegraph has learned.
Energy companies including Cuadrilla have signed up to a benefits charter that could be worth 10m over 25 years to communities near fracking sites for shale gas or oil. They have pledged 100,000 up-front and then a 1pc share of the revenues if fracking succeeds.
The West Sussex village of Balcombe has become the focal...