Environmental regulation of West Newton A well site

The Environment Agency are providing information and further opportunities to engage with us, on environmental permitting and regulation at the West Newton A well site in East Yorkshire.

Get involved!

This page compliments our public consultation (linked on the right), and we’re very keen to hear your views. We will be providing further opportunities for you to participate in this activity, as well as raising any questions, concerns, and feedback on your experience.

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We have listened to your feedback, and understand that some of the information linked to this permit application is technical and may be difficult to understand. We've provided additional content and materials on this page, to understand more about what has been applied for, and how to take part in the consultation.

What you’ll find here

Background information – Learn what the operator’s current environmental permit covers.

Proposed changes – Discover what updates the operator is requesting through the permit variation and how these might affect the site.

Have your say – We’d like to hear your views and concerns about this permit application through the public consultation. As well as participating in a future consultation on this permit, if you have any enquiries or feedback, please contact us using the email provided in the contacts section.

The West Newton A Environmental Permit

Rathlin Energy (UK) Ltd holds an environmental permit for its West Newton A well site in East Yorkshire. This permit helps ensure that all activities at the site are carried out safely and responsibly.

Here’s what the permit covers:

• Managing mining waste to protect the surrounding environment
• Safely storing crude oil on site
• Flaring waste gas during the drilling and testing of wells
• Starting commercial production in a way that meets strict environmental standards

What’s Happening at West Newton A?

We’ve received an application from Rathlin Energy (UK) Limited to make some changes to the environmental permit for the West Newton A well site.

📄 The details

All the technical information and full proposal documents are available on our consultation page. Take a look if you’d like to explore the application in depth.

🗣️ Public consultation update

We close our second consultation on 6th October 2025. Thank you to everyone who shared their views!

🔍 What’s next?

We will carry out our final assessment of the application and all the feedback we received.

When we publish our final decision, we will explain how we made that decision.