File photo dated 23/01/16 of a brood of hens. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire. A FREE Range egg production business near Caersws will be able to expand by 300 per cent after its plans were approved. Gwynne Hughes and Son who farm at Pertheirin, Pontdolgoch, have been given the green light to build two new buildings which will house 48,000 egg laying chickens. The farm already has 16,000 egg laying chickens on site. Powys County Council planning case officer Gemma Bufton said: “It is recognised that there are arguments both for and against the sustainability of intensive livestock units in the UK.
Fir View Holiday Park at Llangyniew near Llanfair Caereinion PROPOSALS to extend a caravan park near Llanfair Caereinion will go before council planners this week. At a meeting on Thursday, Powys County councillors will look at plans by Sheeham Holdings to add 54 static caravans at Fir View Holiday Park, Llangyniew, turning it into a 228-pitch park The site near the A495 already has 174 static caravans, but that could be extended by almost a third if the plans come to fruition. Llangyniew Council has said it does not support the application and several other people have sent letters objecting to the proposals to Powys Council – but a report to councillors has recommended the plans are approved.