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The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has expressed anger at what it calls a change “without warning” to rules regarding planning for assessing ammonia for farm applications.
UFU president Ivor Ferguson said the decision by Shared Environmental Services (SES) was made without consulting the industry and severely limits future farm expansion.
Rules
“If the farm business is sited within 7.5 km of certain designated sites, their application will more than likely be denied.
“The roll-out of this means that the vast majority of farmers across NI will be unable to develop their business if the new rules remain in place,” he said.
The UFU is calling on local councils to step up and take farmers’ concerns seriously to redress the potential damage the new rules could do to farm businesses.
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