August 31, 2010

UK pig unit plan receives the green light

Two of UK's biggest pig-fattening units are a step closer after planners in Lincolnshire provisionally gave the proposals the go-ahead.

Subject to a site visit, planners said permission to build two 950 units at Holme Hill Farm in South Kelsey should be approved.

Frank Tobin, who submitted the plans, was told by planners that he needed to provide more detail on how slurry from the units would be transferred. Further information about access to and from the farm would also be needed before final permission was granted.

A spokesman for West Lindsey District council said 22 objections to the plans were submitted. Most of those surrounded concerns over the smell and traffic generated by the pig units, he added.

A final decision on the scheme will be made on September 22.