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Planning officers have recommended that King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council’s planning committee rejects an application from Cranswick for a large pig and poultry farm…
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Planning officers urge council to reject Cranswick application for large pig & poultry farm
0Planning officers have recommended that King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council’s planning committee rejects an application from Cranswick for a large pig and poultry farm in Norfolk. Cranswick is seeking planning permission to expand an existing site to house 14,000 pigs and more than 700,000 chickens near the villages of Methwold and Feltwell. The planning hearing is due to take place next week. Cranswick is arguing that the development will ensure better use of local land, improving the existing site, will deliver higher welfare for pigs and poultry and improve British food security, reducing the country’s reliance on imports.…