Cuadrilla secures injunction over Lancashire site protests

Contractor Balfour Beatty has completed a sea defence project on the Fylde peninsula, described as the largest single investment in coastal flood defence by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

Energy firm Cuadrilla, along with local farmers, has filed papers to the High Court as it seeks an injunction to stop trespassing at its Preston New Road site in Lancashire.

Renewable energy firm Atlantis has signed heads of terms with the Duchy of Lancaster to lease the land required to build a £400m tidal barrage and flood protection project on the Wyre estuary.

VBA, a joint venture comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster, and Atkins, has been awarded a £17.5m coastal protection scheme contract by Fylde Council following a competitive tender.

The Lake District has been named a World Heritage Site by Unesco, becoming the UK’s 31st area with the status, and the second in Cumbria in addition to Hadrian’s Wall.

Atlantis Resources, a marine renewable energy specialist active in Scotland and listed on the London Stock Exchange, has entered negotiations with the Duchy of Lancaster, one of the Queen’s property portfolios, as its preferred developer for the proposed Wyre Valley tidal barrage and flood protection project.

Fylde Council is looking to appoint a landscape consultant to lead a funding bid and project delivery for the restoration and improvement of Fairhaven Lake & Garden in Lytham St Annes.