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Environmental Statement Planning application for a poultry installation at: Land at Upper Maenllwyd Farm, Kerry, Newtown, Powys, SY16 4NB Prepared for Gwyn Jones and Partners Roger Parry & Partners LLP www.rogerparry.net [email protected] Tel: 01691 655 334 Client’s Address Gwyn Jones and Partners Gwyn Jones and Partners Upper Maenllwyd Farm Kerry Newtown Poultry Installation Powys SY16 4NB Environmental Statement Planning Authority February 2019 Powys County Council Neuadd Maldwyn Severn Road Welshpool SY21 7AS Publication title Environmental Statement Version 1.0 Date February 2019 Prepared by: Rosina Bloor BSc (Hons) MRICS Directed, reviewed and approved by: Richard J Corbett BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV –Roger Parry & Partners LLP Roger Parry & Partners LLP The Estates Office 20 Salop Road Oswestry SY11 2NU Tel: 01691 655 334 Fax: 01691 657 798 [email protected] www.rogerparry.net Ref: Jones v1.0 CONTENTS Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Chapter 2 – SCOPING AND KEY ISSUES ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 3 – ALTERNATIVES ................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Chapter 4 – DEVELOPMENT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................... 28 Chapter 5 – POLICY & LEGISLATION ............................................................................................................................................... 39 Chapter 6 – AIR QUALITY, HEALTH & CLIMATE .......................................................................................................................... 46 Chapter 7 – LANDSCAPE & VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................................................................................... 55 Chapter 8 – TRAFFIC ............................................................................................................................................................................... 88 Chapter 9 – AMENITY ............................................................................................................................................................................ 96 Chapter 10 – ECOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 107 Chapter 11 – NOISE & VIBRATION................................................................................................................................................. 121 Chapter 12 – WATER RESOURCES .................................................................................................................................................. 133 Chapter 13 – SOILS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 162 Chapter 14 – SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS ............................................................................................................................... 176 BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 182 Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION 5 Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION | Roger Parry & Partners Chapter 1 Introduction Foreword This Environmental Statement (ES) has been prepared for Gwyn Jones and Partners by Roger Parry & Partners LLP. It accompanies a planning application for a proposed poultry installation at Land at Upper Maenllwyd Farm, Kerry, Newtown, Powys, SY16 4NB. As a worst case, the proposals assessed for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) are for a poultry development with the capacity to produce 1,578 tonnes of broiler chicken meat per annum for human consumption. The footprint of the poultry buildings is expected to cover 5,275m² totalling approximately 0.52 hectares (ha) within a site of 3.89ha. The buildings are to be 5.58 metres (m) at their maximum height and the associated feed bins 8m high. Hours of operation will be 24 hour seven days a week due to the fact that it is a livestock enterprise requiring continual husbandry. A location plan for the poultry installation is shown in Appendix 1.0. The proposal is a farm diversification scheme for Gwyn Jones and Partners and is a sustainable economic development as supported by national, regional and local planning policy. On a global scale the development amounts to an expansion of the UK poultry meat production capacity and a step closer to self sufficiency in poultry meat therefore reducing the need to import foreign produced poultry meat and this reducing greenhouse gas emission from fossil fuel consumption in transportation of meat across the globe – so called “food miles”. The ES is the principal written output of the EIA process, and provides the required information on the predicted environmental impacts of the proposal. It has been prepared in accordance with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017. The ES is intended to enable the recipients (such as the Local Planning Authority) to understand the nature of the proposed development and to evaluate the likely environmental impacts in the light of proposed mitigation measures. The ES therefore represents an essential component of the decision making process and presents information in a readily accessible form. A Non-Technical Summary (NTS) and Technical Appendices accompany the ES and form part of the same document. Other documents making up the planning submissions include: Local Planning Authority Application Forms; Design and Access Statement Ownership Certificates and Notices; The following appendices are also submitted in addition to this ES: Design and Access Statement Location Plan Site Location in Relation to Area Aerial Photograph Routing Plan Landscape Plan Highway Improvements Plan Landscape Study Area Site Location and Sensitive Receptors Landscape Context Viewpoint Locations Ecological Sites 6 Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION | Roger Parry & Partners Chapter 1 Introduction Part 1 of Schedule 4 Scoping Report Representations from Consultees Regarding Scope of EIA Odour and Noise Management Plans Screening Air Quality Impact Results Area Available for Litter Spreading Drainage Report Copies of the full documentation for this planning application have been placed on deposit at the following location, where they may be examined by members of the public during normal office hours: Roger Parry & Partners LLP, The Estates Office, 20 Salop Road, Oswestry, SY11 2NU. The Environmental Statement, in the form of a CD, can be purchased at a cost of £10 from the above address. The Non-Technical Summary is available free of charge from the same address and can be found on Roger Parry & Partners website at: www.rogerparry.net/planning. 7 Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION | Roger Parry & Partners Chapter 1 Introduction 1. Introduction This chapter summarises the nature of the proposed development and its location, introduces the basis for the planning application, explains the general basis and methods used for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), sets out the structures of the Environmental Statement (ES) and introduces the authors of the ES. 1.1 Introduction to the Environmental Statement As part of the process of making an application for a poultry installation, Gwyn Jones and Partners have employed Roger Parry & Partners to co-ordinate with the compilation of the associated planning application, including provision of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to be reported in an Environmental Statement (ES). This chapter summarises the nature of the proposed development and sets out the purpose of the ES. 1.2 Summary of the Proposals 1.2.1 The Proposed Poultry Installation The proposal is to build two sheds to the East of Upper Maenllwyd Farm. The new poultry sheds will have associated feed bins, control and store rooms, ancillary plant and service yard area. A scheme of landscaping and biodiversity enhancement is incorporated into the design to support the existing landscaping measures on site to reduce the impact of the development on the landscape and visual receptors, and to provide benefits to local ecological networks and habitats. 1.3 Site Location The Ordnance Survey Grid reference of the site is SO169923. The site is located approximately 127 metres to the East of Upper Maenllwyd Farm as indicated on the location plan ref: RB- MZ359-01 at Appendix 1. The site is part of an undulating lowland landscape currently in permanent pasture. The area is dominated by rural settlements including: Kerry, Abermule and Sarn. There are no public rights of way affected by the proposed development. However, there are footpaths in the surrounding landscape with potential views of the site. 1.4 Requirement for an EIA: Legislative Background The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 require that for certain types of development an EIA must be undertaken. The Regulations prescribe the type of development for which EIA is mandatory