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Legal bid launched to stop poultry farm expansion

River Action has funded a judicial review following Shropshire Council's decision to grant LJ Cooke and Son permission for four poultry rearing buildings, each over 100m long, and a biomass store with boilers at North Farm in Montford Bridge

Chris Brayford
clock 鈥� 3 min read
"There are already well over 20 million chickens in Shropshire, we do not need more."
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"There are already well over 20 million chickens in Shropshire, we do not need more."

Shropshire Council has been challenged by an environmental campaigning group over its decision to allow the development of a poultry production unit which could house over 200,000 birds at a farm in the...

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