Sunday 27 February 2022

Astmans Farm Poultry Unit - Public Consultation of Application to vary the Environmental Permit

 

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






 

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