Intensive chicken farm near Shrewsbury set to be refused after six-year planning battle

Local Democracy Reporter covering Shropshire.

A planned chicken farm near Shrewsbury opposed by more than 1,300 people in an online petition looks set to be refused – six years after the proposals were submitted.Shropshire Council planning officers say applicants L J Cooke and Son has failed to supply enough information about the four intensive poultry sheds it wants to build at North Farm in Felton Butler, to house a total of 200,000 birds, and have now said the scheme should be turned down.

Concerned locals said the road network which would be used by lorries getting to and from the farm would not cope with the extra traffic, noise, odour, pollution and the impact on the landscape. They also said there were already four other chicken farms within a two-mile radius, and the cumulative impact needed to be considered.

Ecology officers said: “The submitted information contains many discrepancies and contradictions and it is unclear what ammonia mitigation is being proposed to support the development.” “It is therefore not possible to determine whether or not the proposal would have significant effects on ecological assets, which include ancient woodland and sites of special scientific interest .

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