There has been a brilliant campaign in Lincolnshire against the GDF being sited there and it looks like they might have won! Lincolnshire County Council are saying they will pull out of the GDF so it is now dead, but this needs ratifying at their executive committee. https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/news/article/2293/county-council-set-to-withdraw-from-nuclear-waste-facility-group
Would that Cumberland Council would do the same here – no chance as they are totally for it unless, of course, we can really get organised and force them to come out here too.
This means it is highly likely our area will now go through to the bore hole stage but my guess is NWS will keep us guessing about this until the end of the year or early next.