Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns

Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on landPlanning permission for a poultry megafarm in Shropshire has been overturned in a ruling that campaigners have welcomed as a win for cleaner rivers.The judgment on Tuesday upheld a judicial review by Dr Alison Caffyn, who argued that Shropshire council had failed to take into account all the environmental impacts of an industrial chicken unit containing 230,000 birds at any one time when it granted planning permission. Continue reading...