NN10 0SQ, Bedfordia Farms Limited: environmental permit draft decision advertisement - EPR/AP3237RR/V003
Published 12 March 2020
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Details of the application
The Environment Agency has received an application to vary an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (that does not involve substantial change) from Bedfordia Farms Limited. It is now consulting on the proposed decision.
Applicant name
Bedfordia Farms Limited
Reference number
EPR/AP3237RR/V003
Brief description of activity
The permitted number of broilers on site at any one time is reduced from 540,000 to 320,000. The number of poultry houses is reduced from 10 to 6. We have reviewed the new housing introduced with this permit variation for this installation against the Best Available Technique (BAT) conclusions as defined in Intensive Farming BAT conclusion document dated 20/02/17. The permit conditions and schedules ensure the compliance of the new housing with this BAT conclusions document. The installation was previously permitted to have 4 biomass boilers on site with an aggregated thermal rated input of 4.56 MW. There will now be 1 biomass boiler on the installation with a net rated thermal input of 1.945 MW.
Application type
Normal Variation
Regulated facility address
Westwood Poultry Farm
Land off Bedford Road
Rushden
Northamptonshire
NN10 0SQ
Local authority
East Northamptonshire
Information placed in Citizen Space for consultation:
- Draft decision permit
- Draft decision document
How to view the application
The application is held on the public register and can be viewed at the following location:
Environment Agency
Brampton Office
Bromholme Lane
Brampton
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE28 4NE
How to comment on the application
End date for representations: 16 April 2020
You can comment:
Online: view and comment on the proposed decision using Citizen Space
Via email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
Or write to:
Environment Agency
Permitting and Support Centre
Land Team
Quadrant 2
99 Parkway Avenue
Sheffield
S9 4WF
The Environment Agency will normally put any comments it receives on the public register. This includes your name but not your personal contact details. Please tell us if you do not want your response to be public.
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