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Intensive poultry farming license upheld despite concerns over off-site fertilizer use
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The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from the High Court and affirmed refusal to quash an Industrial Emissions License for an intensive poultry rearing operation, rejecting the appellant's challenge regarding the environmental impact of off-site land spreading of poultry litter and wash water. The original court determined that the licensing authority acted within its jurisdiction, focusing on the on-site activity of rearing over 40,000 broiler chickens, and did not extend to regulating the use of poultry litter as fertilizer on third-party lands. The appellant's concerns about potential pollution from land spreading were not found to warrant a further assessment or a change in the license conditions.
Industrial Emissions License (IE license), intensive poultry farming, broiler chickens, land spreading, poultry litter, wash water, environmental impact, Court of Appeal, High Court, Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, appellant, respondent, notice party, off-site activity, Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75 (IED), Waste Directive, Water Framework Directive, Nitrates Directive, Good Agricultural Practices for Protection of Waters Regulations 2017 (GAP regulations), certiorari, environmental assessment, habitat conservation, pollution prevention.
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