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Council asks for more details on proposed Northland chicken farm

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Mon, 21 May 2018, 9:29AM
More information is being sought from Tegel on its application for a broiler chicken farm in Arapohue. (Photo / Supplied)
More information is being sought from Tegel on its application for a broiler chicken farm in Arapohue. (Photo / Supplied)

Council asks for more details on proposed Northland chicken farm

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Mon, 21 May 2018, 9:29AM

Tegel is being asked to provide more information about its proposed chicken farm in Northland, including evidence of job creation and a smell assessment.

Many locals are opposed to Tegel's plans to set up a broiler farm for up to 1.3 million chickens at Arapohue, just outside Dargaville.

Locals are mainly concerned about the stench and a potential devaluing of their properties.

In its resource consent application, Tegel claims tens of millions of dollars will be injected into the local construction and contracting industries when the farm is being set up.

But the council says no details or technical evidence was provided to justify those claims.

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