The permissions granted for intensive chicken sheds by @PowysCC, without consideration of the cumulative impact, are a disgrace. They are turning the lovely River Wye and its gorgeous tributaries into open sewers.
theguardian.com/environment/20…
theguardian.com/environment/20…
We are well aware of the economic power of big business. But in Wales, the *cultural power* of farmers is one of the strongest forces of all. The government and local authorities appear to give them everything they ask for, regardless of the environmental and social cost.
We are rightly horrified by the Brazilian ranchers who are torching the Amazon. But similar (though smaller) disasters are happening in our nations, justified by similar arguments: guardians of tradition, stewards of the countryside, true patriots etc.
The true lovers of the land (and the water) are those who defend its beauty, its wildlife and its ecosystems. Please don't be fooled by people who insist that culture and tradition grant them a licence to tear the countryside apart.
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