Friday 30 July 2010

Nocton Dairies Ltd - informal meeting

Presentation of new plan


The following has been posted on the Village Hall noticeboard:

NOCTON DAIRIES

An informal meeting

DROP IN & VIEW PROPOSED PLANS

ON

FRIDAY AUGUST 6th: 6pm - 8.30pm

SATURDAY AUGUST 7th: 8am - 2pm

AT

WOOD FARM, DUNSTON FEN, LN4 3AP.

 
Nocton Dairies Ltd
Higher Alminstone Farm
Woolsery
Bideford
North Devon
EX39 5PX

Tel: 01237 431246
Fax: 01237 431820

27th July 2010

Mrs D Green
1 Potterhanworth Rd
Nocton
Lincoln
LN4 2BP

Dear Doreen,

We would like to invite the residents of Nocton and Dunston to Woodside Farm Cottage, Nocton on the following dates:

  • Friday 6th August 2010 between 6.00pm and 8.30pm
  • Saturday 7th August 2010 between 8.00am and 2.00pm.

The purpose of this meeting is to involve all the local people that have concerns over our plans for the dairy on Nocton Heath.

Mr Graeme Sutees and Mr Peter Willes will be attending throughout the two days and will be discussing present thoughts on how the plans for the dairy will be represented to the council in the near future.

One of the questions to you will be what could be done in terms of community benefits for Nocton and Dunston? We will then view suggestions and put forward a beneficial proposal to the community, which also fits in with our business.

Yours sincerely

Nocton Dairies Ltd

Directors: DA Barnes & PA Willes
Company Reg No: 06970038
VAT Reg No: 978 3756 52

My thoughts 


Firstly:
  • Why haven't residents from other potential affected villages been invited to attend e.g. Blankney, Branston, Metheringham, Potterhanworth, Scopwick?
Secondly:
  • According to my OS map, Wood Farm, Dunston Fen Lane, Dunston is the building in the left of the clearing at the bottom of Nocton Wood: OS Explorer 272 - Grid Ref: 083633

2 comments:

  1. This can't be aloud to go ahead, have we learnt nothing in recent years. This is not the way forward.

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  2. I must agree with Mr Sutcliffe, will we never learn that abusing animals in order to gain higher yield at lower cost is not the way forward and can not be allowed to continue! Bird flu, swine flu, mad cows disease have been created by just this kind of intensive farming to disastrous consequence. This is surely an indication that we are going against nature and not farming responsibly. This is not a case of "NIMBY-ism", this should not be allowed anywhere. In an age where increased awareness of free range, ethical farming is commonly accepted as the way forward, proposals such as the Nocton Dairies factory farm are obscene and should not be permitted.
    Louise Burns

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