Facts, figures and news on rural diversity in Powys

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POWYS POULTRY FARM 90,000 BROILER EXTENSION APPROVED

To see the meeting in full STREAM THE COMMITTEE MEETING HERE click on the link symbol under the media tab, click ‘watch on the web’, click ‘join anonymously’.

During the meeting Agent Ian Pick stated to the committee that the ‘phase 1’ application (August 2018) had been 100% compliant with NRW rules at the time of submission, which were PC’s of ammonia up to 20%. The ammonia report for that development (AS Data & Modelling Ltd – November 2015) stated: ” The modelling predicts that process contributions…would exceed the levels of insignificance for permitting purposes over the area of ancient woodland to the north of the site…and over parts of the River Wye SAC.”

Plans to double size of Powys chicken farm approved – County Times 18th March 2022

Chicken farm giant linked to River Wye decline was sued over water blight in US – The Guardian September 2022

Pollution fears over expanded Powys chicken farm plans – The County Times January 2022

Factory farms of disease: how industrial chicken production is breeding the next pandemic – The Guardian Oct 2021

Poultry and pollution: What’s killing the River Wye? – ITV News central Oct 2021

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Fish Legal appeals High Court decision for the sake of The River Wye

Fish Legal has asked the Court of Appeal to look again at the Cardiff High Court decision to refuse to look at the planning decision by Powys County Council to grant permission for an expansion to a poultry unit in the River Wye catchment. Fish Legal is now going to the Court of Appeal for permission to proceed with the Judicial Review.

more on FISH LEGAL WEB

River Wye pollution: Campaigners call on poultry firms to act – BBC News Sept 2021

Britain’s rivers are suffocating to death – The Guardian July 2021

Facts & Figures

POPULATION (approx.)
human : 132,000
Poultry: 10,000,000

The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales (CPRW) estimates Powys has 10 million chickens on 200 farms. With 139 applications for poultry units approved in Powys since 2015, it means there are 75 times more chickens than people in the county.