'Red Route' for a reason

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Motorcyclist killed in accident in Nocton

Yet another tragedy occurs on the B1188... this time along the very stretch of road where Nocton Dairies Ltd plan to have their entrance to the super-dairy... and yet another family has lost a loved one.  This is a 'Red Route' for a reason... and we should all respect that classification. Our thoughts are with the family and friends at this sad time.

'Police were called to the B1188 Lincoln Road at Nocton at about 1230 GMT after reports a motorbike had left the road.'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-12440675

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/BIKER-KILLED-SIGN-SMASH/article-3217902-detail/article.html

East Lancs mega-dairy ‘could spell end for the family farm’

'NFU East Lancashire secretary Andrew Rothwell said members felt ‘trepidation’ at the prospect of 3,800-cow Nocton Dairies, planned to be built in Lincolnshire.'

More concern expressed over a move to intensive dairying... from within the industry.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/business/8849095.East_Lancs_mega_dairy____could_spell_end_for_the_family_farm___/

'Super-dairy' with 3,770 cows triggers 14,000 planning objections

This article appears to be a regurgitation of a number of extracts from the intensive dairy debate, yet it fails in its entirety to give a balanced and accurate picture of this contentious planning application.

Tracey McVeigh manages to spin a few benefits for this development... whilst failing to elaborate on the major concerns... the potential damage to our local environment and public health.  Nowhere in her article does she mention the specialist consultees' concern about pollution to groundwater, air and the implications for public health.

It is really not hard to understand - where you have a very large concentration of cows emitting 18 million gallons of slurry per year (nearly 50,000 gallons per day), over a fragile aquifer under Nocton Heath which supplies drinking water to the masses, that is likely to be a very big risk.  With the article attempting to make a distinction between 'large-scale' and 'intensive', I find this laughable... and possibly insulting.

If you want to avoid a distorted view of reality, you may like to visit the planning application 10/1397/FUL on the North Kesteven District Council planning site.

I can recommend reading the specialist submissions by Anglian Water; Environment Agency; Environmental Health; Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust etc - these will give you an accurate picture of what this is all about.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/13/super-dairy-cows-lincolnshire-objections

My fears remain despite a guided tour of super-dairy

'I have every sympathy with those worried about the spreading of any waste products on fields near their homes and I am now more against year-round indoor "factory farming" for cows than I was before my trip.'

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/letters/fears-remain-despite-guided-tour-super-dairy/article-3217175-detail/article.html
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