East Suffolk Council is accepting comments on the revised chicken factory application and is likely send this back to the planning committee soon - as soon as early June.  You can object at [email protected] ref: DC/19/2195/FUL.  Please make sure to send in your objections by 20/5/21, to the revised application to ensure the Council understands the strength of local opposition to this disastrous proposal.

At the advice if our solicitor’s, we have instructed an independent heritage expert who is preparing a report now about the harm that the chicken factory will cause to the listed buildings and the scheduled ancient monument nearby.  The cost of this is in the previous update.  Whilst this is a big cost, the Council is required to give great weight to any harm to these ‘heritage assets’ and we believe the Council did not properly consider these issues when they granted approval last year.

To make the case against the chicken factory as strongly as possible, we also would like the solicitor’s to spend time putting together a strong legal objection.  This is likely to cost at least a further £3,000.  All of the crowdjustice funds that came in last year were used on the JR, so we simply cannot afford to do all this without the help of others in the community.  Please contribute whatever you can so we can defeat this application and protect our village.

Many thanks 

Merrell Growers have obtained a new environmental permit, this has gone from a 24 hr to an 8am - 6 pm daylight operation.  There is still the issue of Moat Farm a grade** national heritage asset they are ignoring to take into account with the pollutants that would be omitted into the air, dust, ammonia, the green house gases that the chicken manure produces, the HGV movements less than 200 meters from this delicate site.  We have instructed our solicitor to put wheels in motion to argue this new application.  We really need help to raise money to fight this second round. We have a good case to fight back with, please could we ask people to donate as much as they can so we can achieve a result the same as the first (a win), many thanks for all your help and support in this to stop this outdated and in humane way of farming

Great news East Suffolk Council have conceded and that a consent order quashing the planning decision has been submitted to the Court, and the application will now go back to the council for reconstruction.  We have also instructed our solicitor to make objections when it is reconsidered by the Council, so we are asking that anyone who is able to donate towards these costs to keep these developments away from or villages.  We are so extremely great full for everyone who has helped us so far, we think you are all amazing people, thank you

A big thank you to everyone who’s pledged money so far, we’ve gone past our first target and now working towards the next.  Once again a really big thank you it’s very much appreciated 👍👍

We’ve nearly reached our first target £5,000. We now have the second target to reach £30,000.  Please keep spreading the word for pledges as we still have a way to go before we can put a stop to this barbaric and inhuman way of intense farming.

EU parliament debate is that current industrial broiler farming is not only a concern for animal health and welfare, but poses also severe risks for public health as it contributes to the anti microbial resistance emergency. Poor & cramped living conditions often call for mass treatments with antibiotics to prevent/contain poultry outbreaks.  Poultry pathogens are capable of causing serious illness in humans.