Notice of Variation and Consolidation with Introductory Note the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016
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Notice of variation and consolidation with introductory note The Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016 Mr Phillip Greenhill, Mr Robert Greenhill & Mrs Bridget Greenhill Lake Farm Poultry Unit Lake Farm Draycot Cerne Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 4SQ Variation application number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 Permit number EPR/BP3539UT Variation and consolidation application number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 1 Lake Farm Poultry Unit Permit number EPR/BP3539UT Introductory note This introductory note does not form a part of the notice. Under the Environmental Permitting (England & Wales) Regulations 2016 (schedule 5, part 1, paragraph 19) a variation may comprise a consolidated permit reflecting the variations and a notice specifying the variations included in that consolidated permit. Schedule 1 of the notice specifies the conditions that have been varied and schedule 2 comprises a consolidated permit which reflects the variations being made. All the conditions of the permit have been varied and are subject to the right of appeal. This variation authorises the following changes: the building of a further four houses, the increase in bird numbers from 175,000 to 361,000 and the addition of an a biomass boiler. We have reviewed the new housing introduced with this permit variation against the 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 is to be operated as follows. Lake Farm is in an isolated rural area approximately 500 m to the south-east of the hamlet of Draycot Cerne in Wiltshire. The surrounding land is used almost exclusively for arable farming, although there are some isolated wooded areas and some pasture and park-land. The site is at an altitude of around 66 m with the land rising towards hills to the west and falling towards the River Avon to the east. The installation is approximately centred on National Grid Reference ST 93497,77627. There is residential housing within 400 m of the installation boundary. The installation is operated by Mr Phillip Greenhill, Mr Robert Greenhill and Mrs Bridget Greenhill and comprises of 9 poultry houses, numbered 1 - 9, housing 361,000 broiler bird places. There are 2 biomass boilers on site with an aggregated thermal input of 1.674 MWth, using virgin wood as fuel. The sheds are fan ventilated with a fully littered floor equipped and non-leaking drinking systems. In houses 1 - 5 ventilation is by side wall mounted extraction fans with roof inlets. New houses 6 – 9 have high velocity roof extraction fans. The birds are reared from day old chicks up to around 38 days old and there will be approximately 7.5 crops per year. At the end of the cycle the houses are de-populated. The water used to clean the houses is channelled to an underground storage tank and is spread onto the Operators own farm land. The manure is then either spread on the farms own land in accordance with a manure management plan or sent to third parties. Rainwater from the roofs of the poultry housing and yard areas is discharged to a nearby ditch to the east of the installation with final discharge into Chissell Brook. Carcasses are, stored in sealed vermin proof containers awaiting regular collection under the fallen stock scheme. There is also associated fuel storage and a standby generator, plus feed storage silos within the installation. There are no SPA’s, SAC’s or Ramsars within the 5k distance criteria. There are five SSSI`s within 5 km of the installation: Bencroft Hill Meadows, Sutton Lane Meadows, Kellaways - West Tytherton, Stanton St. Quintin Quarry and Motorway Cutting, Harries Ground Rodbourne. There are ten other conservation sites within the 2km screening distance. The schedules specify the changes made to the permit. The status log of a permit sets out the permitting history, including any changes to the permit reference number. Variation and consolidation application number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 2 Status log of the permit Description Date Comments Application Duly made BP3539UT 29/01/07 (EPR/BP3539UT/A001) Additional information received Response date 10/09/07 Permit determined 28/09/07 Permit issued to P. Greenhill, R. Greenhill and B. BP3539UT Greenhill (EPR/BP3539UT) Application Duly Made EPR/BP3539UT/V002 04/10/10 Variation determined 05/01/11 EPR/BP3539UT/V002 Application Duly made EPR/BP3539UT/V003 (variation and 05/05/16 consolidation) Additional information received 11/05/16 Bird mortalities are no longer incinerated within installation Variation determined 19/05/16 Varied and consolidated permit issued in modern EPR/BP3539UT condition format. Application EPR/BP3539UT/V004 23/03/18 & (Variation and consolidation) 29/03/18 Not duly Made letter & request for 11/04/18 Re, Environmental Management System, further information, for duly making drainage plan, Environmental Risk Assessment, Broiler numbers, RHI certificate and Air Dispersion Modelling. Response to Request for further 13/04/18 & information dated 11/04/18 17/04/18 Duly made 26/04/18 Variation determined 07/09/18 Varied and consolidated permit issued in modern EPR/BP3539UT condition format. (Billing Reference CP3633JZ). End of introductory note Variation and consolidation application number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 3 Notice of variation and consolidation The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 The Environment Agency in exercise of its powers under regulation 20 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 varies and consolidates Permit number EPR/BP3539UT Issued to Mr Phillip Greenhill, Mr Robert Greenhill & Mrs Bridget Greenhill (“the operator”) whose principal office is Lake Farm Draycot Cerne Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 4SQ to operate an installation at Lake Farm Poultry Unit Lake Farm Draycot Cerne Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 4SQ to the extent set out in the schedules. The notice shall take effect from 07/09/2018 Name Date David Griffiths 07/09/2018 Authorised on behalf of the Environment Agency Variation and consolidation application number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 4 Schedule 1 All conditions have been varied by the consolidated permit EPR/BP3539UT as a result of the application made by the operator. Schedule 2 – consolidated permit Consolidated permit issued as a separate document. Variation and consolidation application number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 5 Permit The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 Permit number EPR/BP3539UT This is the consolidated permit referred to in the variation and consolidation notice for application EPR/BP3539UT/V004 authorising, Mr Phillip Greenhill, Mr Robert Greenhill & Mrs Bridget Greenhill (“the operator”), whose principal office is Lake Farm Draycot Cerne Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 4SQ to operate an installation at Lake Farm Poultry Unit Lake Farm Draycot Cerne Chippenham Wiltshire SN15 4SQ to the extent authorised by and subject to the conditions of this permit. Name Date David Griffiths 07/09/2018 Authorised on behalf of the Environment Agency Permit number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 6 Conditions 1 Management 1.1 General management 1.1.1 The operator shall manage and operate the activities: (a) in accordance with a written management system that identifies and minimises risks of pollution, so far as is reasonably practicable, including those risks arising from operations, maintenance, accidents, incidents, non-conformances, closure and those drawn to the attention of the operator as a result of complaints; and (b) using sufficient competent persons and resources. 1.1.2 Records demonstrating compliance with condition 1.1.1 shall be maintained. 1.1.3 Any person having duties that are or may be affected by the matters set out in this permit shall have convenient access to a copy of the permit. 1.2 Energy efficiency 1.2.1 The operator shall: (a) take appropriate measures to ensure that energy is used efficiently in the activities; (b) maintain records of fuel and energy consumption used in the activities; 1.3 Efficient use of raw materials 1.3.1 The operator shall: (a) take appropriate measures to ensure that raw materials and water are used efficiently in the activities; and (b) maintain records of raw materials and water used in the activities; 1.4 Avoidance, recovery and disposal of wastes produced by the activities 1.4.1 The operator shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the waste hierarchy referred to in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive is applied to the generation of waste by the activities and that; (a) any waste generated by the activities is treated in accordance with the waste hierarchy referred to in Article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive; and (b) where disposal is necessary, this is undertaken in a manner which minimises its impact on the environment. 2 Operations 2.1 Permitted activities 2.1.1 The only activities authorised by the permit are the activities specified in schedule 1 table S1.1 (the “activities”). Permit number EPR/BP3539UT/V004 07/09/2018 7 2.2 The site 2.2.1 The activities shall not extend beyond the site, being the land shown edged in green on the site plan at schedule 7 to this permit. 2.3 Operating techniques 2.3.1 The activities shall, subject to the conditions of this permit, be operated using the techniques and in the manner described in the documentation specified in schedule 1, table S1.2, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Environment Agency. 2.3.2 If notified by the Environment Agency that the activities are giving rise to pollution, the operator shall submit to the Environment Agency for approval within the period specified, a revision of any plan or other documentation (“plan”) specified in schedule 1, table S1.2 or otherwise required under this permit which identifies and minimises the risks of pollution relevant to that plan, and shall implement the approved revised plan in place of the original from the date of approval, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Environment Agency.