To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will review Lancashire County Council's recent decision to refuse planning permission for additional gas storage capacity in that area. (310933)

Lancashire county council refused planning permission for the Canatxx gas storage project at Preesall on 27 January 2010. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change cannot review the case. The applicant may ask my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for a determination on appeal.