Previously-rejected 270,000 bird poultry unit near Grantham up for planning approval
| Updated: 16:13, 06 April 2021
A previously-rejected 270,000 bird poultry unit near Grantham is back before councillors next week, and council officers are again recommending approval.
If successful, the plans before South Kesteven District Council on Wednesday, applied for by Adas UK on behalf of Bowler Adams, will see a six-shed farm built at High Dike, in Great Ponton.
The council previously rejected the proposals in February 2020 due to concerns from the Woodland Trust over the impact of ammonia on a nearby ancient woodland.
A layout of the proposed chicken farm. (45890974)
Campaigners and those against the plans at the time said they were âcruelâ and accused it of being a âchicken prisonâ.
Intensive chicken farm plans near Grantham back before councillors
Only a fraction of objections this time
The new unit would house 270,000 birds.
A previously-rejected 270,000 bird poultry unit near Grantham is back before councillors next week, and council officers are again recommending approval.
If successful, the plans before South Kesteven District Council on Wednesday, applied for by Adas UK on behalf of Bowler Adams, will see a six-shed farm built at High Dike, in Great Ponton.
The council previously rejected the proposals in February 2020 due to concerns from the Woodland Trust over the impact of ammonia on a nearby ancient woodland.