In 2011, Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited applied for consent under the Electricity Act 1989 to construct an electricity generating station and offshore wind turbines off Aberdeenshire.
The case, set for a day's hearing at the supreme court, focuses on the correct interpretation of the Electricity Act 1989 – specifically who is eligible "to apply for consent to construct a generating station".
Cuadrilla said it intended to apply for consent to drill and frack at up to six new sites in addition to an existing one on the Fylde and to apply for planning permission for a further three test wells.
Overturning Pickles' decision in the judicial review, Mr Justice Ouseley found the council's plans for the development had changed significantly after it had applied for consent, but that it had not informed the minister of the changes, and so his decision could not stand.
The couple also discovered that the barn originally had a pair of "roundels" (those circular brick hop kilns, common to this part of the world), and have since applied for consent to rebuild them, thereby providing the space for two extra bedrooms.
Cuadrilla also hopes with its partner Centrica to apply for consent to test drill at up to six new Fylde sites.
Davis's announcement came just hours after the Guardian posed a series of fresh questions to him about the overlap between his planning committee role and the hospitality, and meetings he had with property companies and their agents involved in applying for planning consent.
The process of applying for a development consent order (DCO) for building projects of national significance will be simplified and speeded up.
In August last year, UK Methane announced that it was about to apply for planning consent to commence test-drilling for gas in another unlikely location: a patch of local land next to a roundabout on the Bristol ring-road.
Shale gas company Cuadrilla is to apply for planning consent to carry out more test drilling in Lancashire.
It intends to apply for planning consent to hydraulically fracture and test the shale gas at its existing exploration well at Grange Hill.
