MR MICHAEL MCCULLAGH LANDS APPROX. 300 METRES SOUTH EAST OF 21 FIVE MILE STRAIGHT, DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY, BT45 7EE
PROPOSED 2NO. BROILER POULTRY SHEDS (TO CONTAIN IN TOTAL 74,000 BROILERS TAKING THE TOTAL FARM CAPACITY TO 142,000 BIRDS), 4NO. FEED BINS, 2NO. GAS TANKS, OFFICE, STORAGE BUILDING, UNDERGROUND WASH TANK, ACCESS AND ANCILLARY SITE WORKS
CONSULTATION MAGAZINE APRIL 2022
DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
WELCOME Welcome to this online community consultation. This online magazine has been prepared to inform and seek feedback regarding 2no. broiler poultry sheds (to contain in total 74,000 broilers taking the total farm capacity to 142,000 birds), 4no. feed bins, 2no. gas tanks, office, storage building, underground wash tank, access and ancillary site works at lands approx. 300 metres south east of 21 Five Mile Straight, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry. We warmly invite you to take time to absorb the work the applicant and their professional design and technical team have prepared to date to support the preparation of a forthcoming planning application. A statutory part of the pre-application process is to engage meaningfully with the local community to share our vision for the identified site and to invite your feedback. Public engagement is an integral component of the planning application process as it allows the applicant to share their vision for the site and provides the local community an opportunity to provide constructive feedback. Given the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the potential to carry out this type of consultation as an inperson event, it is now being carried out as an online event. The feedback received is very much welcomed as all matters raised will be taken into consideration during the detailed design of the scheme which will ultimately inform a future application submission to Mid Ulster District Council.
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DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
INTRODUCTION This community information pack follows a Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) submitted to Mid Ulster District Council on 17 February 2022 in accordance with the Planning (General Development Procedures) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015. The PAN notifies the Council that a formal planning application will be submitted after the required 12 week notice period expires. Given the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, a Public Information Event cannot be held and legislative amendments have been brought forward to ensure the planning system continues to function effectively. The Department for Infrastructure temporarily removed the requirement to hold a public event as part of PreApplication Community Consultation on 1 May 2020 and has issued guidance for applications on appropriate replacement measures to ensure that the opportunity for public participation has not been compromised.
BACKGROUND Following Moy Park’s major expansion programme which took place between January 2014 and October 2019 and comprised over 160 planning applications, Moy Park continue to seek to expand their bird growing capacity however, their focus is now on promoting existing farms that are proven to operate efficiently rather than virgin sites. The proposal is necessary in order to increase the efficiency of Mr. McCullagh’s farm holding by facilitating higher bird numbers while making use of existing infrastructure on an established poultry farm and making use of poultry farming expertise of Mr. McCullagh.
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DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
SITE CONTEXT The proposed site, 1.65 hectares in size, is located approximately 240 metres south of an existing poultry farm circa 1.4km east of the village Moneyneany and circa 2.5km north west of Draperstown at lands approx. 300 metres south east of 21 Five Mile Straight, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry, BT45 7EE The existing site comprises two mechanically ventilated poultry houses which have a maximum capacity of 68,00 birds, 4 No. feed bins, 2 No. gas tanks, office, changing & standby generator building, biomass boiler house and associated pellet bin, concrete yard area and existing access connecting to Five Mile Straight. The nearest sensitive receptors at 5 Cloane Lane and 15 Cloane Lane are approximately 130 metres to the south west and 203 metres to the east respectively. The site which comprises an agricultural field which slopes gradually from north to south is bound by a combination of post and wire fencing and mature trees to the west while the northern, southern and eastern boundaries are currently undefined. The site is screened from public view from the north by a 185 metre long belt of mature trees running east-west located approx. 70 metres north of the site.
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DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
PLANNING POLICY CONTEXT Section 45 (1) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 requires regard to be had to the Local Development Plan, so far as material to the application and to any other material considerations. Section 6 (4) states that where regard is to be had to the Development Plan the determination must be made in accordance with the Plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise. This is known as the Plan-led system. The Local Development Plan (LDP), Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland (SPPS) and retained Planning Policy Statements (PPSs), provide the policy context against which this application will be assessed. The Magherafelt Area Plan 2015 (MAP), adopted in December 2011, is the relevant LDP for the proposed site. The site is identified as being located in the countryside outside of any landscape or environmental designation.
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT The proposal seeks to include: •
2 No. additional broiler poultry sheds
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The houses measure approximately 85.7 x 20.7 metres and comprise a steel structure, blockwork base and juniper green cladding. The low profile sheds which have a ridge height of approximately 5.68 metres, are appropriate in design for their rural setting and will be clad in juniper green box profile metal sheeting to match those existing and aid visual integration into the landscape. The two proposed poultry sheds are to contain 74,000 broilers giving a total site capacity of 142,000 broiler chickens. •
4 No. feed bins The proposed feed bins will be constructed on a concrete base and measure approximately 8.75 metres x 3 metres. A single feed bin, comprising galvanised steel outer sheeting, has a storage capacity of 20 tonnes.
2no. gas tanks The proposed gas tanks, two in total, comprise light green coloured steel constructed on a concrete base and measure approximately 3.3 metres x 1 metre and are approximately 1.25 metres in height.
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Office A site office is proposed for management purposes. All visitors will be required to sign in / out at the office for site biosecurity purposes and contamination prevention.
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Storage Building An ancillary storage building is proposed which will house materials and equipment associated with the poultry farm such as bedding material. This building will read with the larger poultry houses and will not therefore appear incongruous.
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DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT In tandem with applying for planning permission, an application is being made to NIEA, the site’s regulators, to obtain the necessary IPPC permit for the expanding operations. The IPPC application will require demonstration that the Best Available Technique is being applied for overall environmental performance and that the additional number of birds will not cause significant harm by way of pollution or emissions. It is considered that the proposed development will have an estimated capital spend of £310,000 per poultry house. As such, this is likely to translate into newly created employment opportunities, both direct and indirect for the local economy. Each year, there will be approximately seven crop cycles. The production system is based on an ‘all in all out’ basis whereby chicks are brought to the site from the Moy Park hatcheries and placed in the houses as day olds. They remain in the houses for approximately 35-40 days where they are cleared when their weights reach 2.2kg. After each crop cycle, the houses are cleaned and the turnaround period between crops is an average of ten days.
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DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT As with all applications for poultry houses which exceed 85,000 bird places for broilers, it is anticipated that Mid Ulster District Council will consider an Environmental Impact Assessment to be required under The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017. Mr McCullagh has therefore volunteered to provide an Environmental Statement (ES) with the submission of this application. The ES will cover a comprehensive range of environmental disciplines including, inter alia, assessments relating to Noise, Air Quality and Odour, Ecology, Hydrology and Transport. This ES will also be available for public inspection in the locality.
SUMMARY Measures will be taken to ensure that: •
There will be no demonstrable harm to residential amenity by way of noise or odour;
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The proposal will not pose an unacceptable environmental risk to air quality;
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There will be no unacceptable adverse impact on nature conservation interests;
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The proposal extension will not have an unacceptable visual impact;
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The proposal is not anticipated to adversely impact upon any below ground archaeological features or historic sites and/ or monuments;
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The proposed site is not at risk of flooding and the proposal will not cause or exacerbate flooding elsewhere;
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There will be no potential adverse impact on water resources that cannot be prevented or controlled by mitigating measures; and
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The access to the site and the nature and frequency of associated traffic movements will not prejudice the safety and convenience of road users or constitute a nuisance to neighbouring residents by virtue of noise, dirt and dust.
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DRAPERSTOWN, CO. LONDONDERRY,
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? We thank-you for taking time to review the content of this consultation and would be delighted if you would take the time to share your thoughts on what you have seen, and prospect of the proposed development proceeding through planning. Following the end of the consultation period (Friday 06th May 2022), your feedback will be taken into consideration in finalising the proposed development. A formal planning application will be submitted to Mid Ulster District Council thereafter, following the end of the 12 week notice period for public consultation. The application will be accompanied by an Environmental Statement, Design and Access Statement, Technical Reports and a suite of detailed application drawings for consideration by the Council and its statutory consultees. Once submitted, the opportunity for public engagement in the decision making process will take place in the normal manner through the submission of representations to the Council following the application’s advertisement and neighbour notification procedures.
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