You will have seen the following in The Grapevine:
FROM THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY REGARDING THE CHICKEN SHEDS:
Astmans Farm Poultry Unit - Public Consultation of
Application to vary the Environmental Permit
Application ref: EPR/UP3330RL/V003
Existing permit
The existing Environmental Permit, reference
EPR/UP3330RL, allows the Operator to house 100,000 broiler birds in two poultry
houses, and operate a biomass boiler with a thermal rated input not exceeding
1.071 MWth, for site heating requirements.
Background
On 23/6/21 the Operator of Astmans Farm Poultry Unit
submitted an application to the Environment Agency to vary an existing environmental
permit. The application was then duly made on 15/1/22 which means our
permitting officers now have sufficient information to commence a full
determination of the application, ie make a thorough assessment of the
information provided in the application to decide whether or not we would be
able to grant the variation.
The application is to install two additional poultry
houses at the site which will allow the Operator to increase broiler bird
places to a maximum of 200,000. The installation boundary will be increased to
accommodate the new poultry houses. The two new poultry houses will be fitted
with air scrubbers to reduce emissions of both ammonia and odour.
How to make comments on the variation
A public consultation on this application to vary the
permit will go live as of the 3 March and will run until 31 March 2022 where we
will gather comments for review. All relevant information regarding this
application can be found at the following website:
https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/gl2-8hr-mr-jon-smith-mrs-josephine-smith-and-mr-th/
There is more information regarding this application on
the Gov.UK website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/environmental-permitting-notices-of-applications-
made where you can search by either postcode or EPR reference as of 3 March
2022.
If you wish to make comments you can e-mail
pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk. Or write to: P&SC - Land Team,
Quadrant 2, 99 Parkway Avenue, Sheffield, S9 4WF.
What we only discovered yesterday is the attached letter which has gone out to some properties and not others advising of a drop-in consultation event at Maisemore Village Hall on WEDNESDAY 2 March 2022 - extremely short notice.
Would any resident living in a designated "receptor" property (*) and who hasn't received the letter please contact me.
*
- number of properties were highlighted in the reported attached to
the recent Planning Application for this development, which has recently
been withdrawn pending this licence extension being processed