More than 50 local residents came together at a public meeting to oppose a new factory farm in Melmerby, North Yorkshire that would house 360,000 broiler chickens at any one time.

Residents are urging East Lindsey District Council to reject a planning application for a new intensive broiler unit in Poolham, Horncastle that would confine some 400,000 chicks.

Local residents are urging South Norfolk and Broadland District Council to reject a planning application for a major new intensive broiler unit at Docking Farm, between Oulton and Cawston.

Braintree District Council approved the replacement and likely expansion of an intensive poultry farm at its meeting on 2 June, despite receiving over 1,000 objections to the application.

An independent review has found fundamental flaws in the environmental assessments submitted for a planning application to expand a major broiler expansion at Neuadd Isaf Farm, near Penybont, Llandrindod Wells.