Well House Farm, in Colwell, has applied for planning permission to build four intensive poultry unit sheds for 220,000 broiler chickens total per cycle - around 1.7 million chickens every single year.

In another blow to controversial meat giant Cranswick, who are already facing numerous allegations of animal cruelty, a second intensive farm application has been refused following mass public outrage, with over 1,000 objections submitted.

An air quality assessment for four intensive poultry units in East Lindsey reveals potentially grave health impacts for local residents if planning permission is granted.

A meat industry giant has demolished factory farm buildings and started the construction of multiple new poultry units. The new development would house over 430,000 birds, more than four times higher than the previous turkey unit, which used to house around 106,000 birds and some of which has now been demolished.

Planning permission for a giant intensive poultry unit in Norfolk which was set to house 310,000 chickens has been overturned after legal pressure from Communities Against Factory Farming (CAFF). 

A proposed new poultry factory farm which would house over half a million chickens at a time in 12 sheds has faced growing opposition, with a growing number of objections presented to the South Holland Planning Committee.