People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals (PETA)
February 2015
[VICTORY UPDATE April 2015: Foston ‘Pig Prison’ Application Withdrawn After 35,000 People Took Action]
Earlier this week, the Environment Agency rejected an application from Midland Pig Producers regarding their proposed intensive, US-style factory farm in Foston, Derbyshire. The agency said it would “offend human senses”.
However, the final decision rests with Derbyshire County Council and will be taken this summer. Please, add your voice at this crucial moment and join thousands of other compassionate PETA supporters who have spoken out against the cruel plans.
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Derbyshire County Council
County Hall
Matlock
DE4 3AG ENGLAND
[email protected]
fax 01629 533295
Midland Pig Producers (MPP) has submitted an application to build an
intensive, US-style factory farm in Foston, Derbyshire, that would imprison
up to 25,000 pigs at a time and send 1,000 pigs a week to slaughter.
Pigs are not commodities: they are intelligent, sentient animals with
distinct personalities. The proposed factory farm would subject them to
horrific cruelty in many ways:
There are also fears that this pig "prison" could pave the way for more
large-scale, intensive factory farms in the UK. We need to resist every step
towards greater intensification of pig farming in this country.
The application, which was withdrawn and then resubmitted, has been rejected
by South Derbyshire District Council and is opposed by local groups, the
Soil Association, Friends of the Earth and thousands of compassionate PETA
supporters who have spoken out against it. In the latest development, MPP's
plans have also been rejected by the Environment Agency because of the
expected "significant pollution due to odour". However, the final decision
rests with Derbyshire County Council and will be taken this summer.
March 18, 2015
Re: Planning application CW9/0311/174 Land off Uttoxeter Road, Foston
Dear Sir/Madam
Erection of a 2,500 breeding sow pig rearing unit with grain store, feed
mill, feed hoppers, mess block, water treatment buildings together with
storage buildings feeding an associated anaerobic digestion facility,
service building, digestate and methane gas storage tanks supplying an
electricity generation facility and incorporating a visitor centre, 4
agriculture workers dwellings with garaging, strategic landscaping,
including the formation of bunds, a surface water attenuation pond, and
rainwater retention area with site parking facilities, weighbridges,
security fencing and associated infrastructure, Land off Uttoxeter Road,
Foston for Midland Pig Producers
Application Code: CW9/0311/174
With reference to your representation in respect of the
above planning application, I write to inform you that on 17 March 2015 the
applicant withdrew their application.
Yours faithfully,
Planning Control
Economy, Transport and Environment | Derbyshire County Council
Shand House, Dale Road South, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3RY
01629 539800
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