The proposal to build six new sheds to confine 270,000 chickens for meat has met strong local opposition from Keal Cotes and West Keal residents.

Fifty local residents gathered last night to discuss plans to stop an intensive chicken unit between Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. “Tonight showed what we can achieve together," one attendee commented.

A proposal to build three new sheds for an intensive chicken breeding farm of 39,999 birds is North Cotes has met strong local opposition.

The UK government has clarified in the starkest possible terms that its major land use policy does not support factory farming or the intensification of poultry farming.

A legal challenge has been brought against Braintree District Council over its decision to approve the expansion of an intensive poultry unit (IPU) without sufficient environmental and animal welfare scrutiny.

Locals came together at a public meeting to oppose a major expansion for an intensive poultry unit (IPU) in Alne, North Yorkshire.

Wiltshire Council has agreed to overturn its decision to green light an inland salmon farm after being faced with a legal challenge contesting the plans.

At a residents’ meeting earlier this month, Upper Dunsforth residents expressed disappointment that they had not been notified of the application.

Two major chicken factory farm expansions are planned in Haveringland, while a new IPU is being proposed between Oulton and Cawston.

If approved, the intensive poultry unit (IPU) would confine 180,000 “broiler” chickens at any one time, which means another 1.35 million birds every year in Shropshire.