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Big win for group opposing poultry farms
Powys County Council has admitted it should not have granted planning permission for a vast broiler unit after local campaigners crowdfunded a judicial review.
The council initially opposed the legal challenge, brought by grassroots environmental group Sustainable Food Knighton. But the authority has now admitted that permission for the planned 110,000-chicken farm should not have been granted after a high court judge gave the go-ahead for a full judicial review hearing.
This is a significant decision. In Powys an explosion in the numbers of intensive poultry units is linked to the deterioration of rivers in mid-Wales, most significantly the River Wye.
Last summer saw algal blooms turn the Wye into a 'pea soup', a phenomenon damaging to biodiversity caused locally by phosphates from livestock manure running into waterways.
Sustainable Food Knighton spokesperson Camilla Saunders said that cheap food demanded by supermarkets is having a damaging effect on local environments.
“The contributions of intensive farming to ecosystem damage, biodiversity loss and climate change have been well documented.
"We need to refuse any further planning applications for IPUs and develop coherent agricultural policies that support farmers and their local communities," she said.
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