The plans would result in more chicken waste in the UK's rivers. The last thing we need in parts of the country like the River Wye is yet more chicken sheds to result in yet more chicken shit going into our rivers, causing yet more pollution.
Chicken production has boomed in England in recent years, and has been blamed for the ecological death of rivers including the River Wye. The large sheds full of chickens produce a huge amount of faecal waste, which is spread on the land and leaks into rivers when it rains.
Reed said: Planning rules have got in the way for too long. We will speed up the system so you can grow and diversify your farm business, such as chicken producers who need a larger shed to increase the amount of food they produce.
While all of us want to make it easier for farmers to make a decent living out of producing good quality food, we don't need yet more of a particular form of polluting farming.
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