A GAS drilling technique blamed for causing two earthquakes in Lancashire could be used in Lingfield.
Residents fear a site in the village could be used for fracking, a method of releasing natural gas from shale by blasting water and chemicals deep into the ground to crack rock.
A government report pinpointed the practice as the cause of two minor tremors that struck near a drilling site in the North West in November 2011.
It has also been linked to water, air and soil pollution.
Cuadrilla Resources, the company at the centre of last year's controversy, previously had planning permission to carry out fracking on a site it owns in Crowhurst Road, Lingfield. However, this expired in November 2011.
The company was temporarily banned from using the gas extraction method following last year's earthquakes, but this was lifted by the Government earlier this month.
As a result, concern is growing that the practice could begin in the village, with residents worried that not enough is known for it to be completely safe.
"We need to know a great deal more about the implications for wildlife and the disturbance of local habitats first," said podiatrist Anne Richards of Wilderwick Road, Dormansland.
"We all need energy to live but we need a lot more information about this first."
Julie Hearn, of Lincolns Mead, Lingfield, agreed, adding: "I think we've got to be absolutely sure of the effects of fracking. I don't think it's been researched as much as it should be yet."
Green Party MEP for the South East Keith Taylor said he understood that a company, believed to be Cuadrilla, was pursuing plans to carry out fracking in the area.
"We only need to look at experiences of fracking in the US to see how badly things can go wrong," he said. "Aside from potential air and soil pollution, the threat to already stretched water resources and the risk of earthquakes, this step makes a mockery of the UK's efforts to tackle climate change.
"We should learn from other countries' experiences, not blindly rush to make the same mistakes."
A Cuadrilla spokesman told the Mirror there were no plans to use the site immediately, but refused to rule out the possibility.