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Surrender of an IPPC Permit, Poultry Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36

Surrender of an IPPC Permit, Poultry Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36

THE PROJECT

Site context.
Practical findings.

In order to surrender the IPPC permit relating to the poultry farms on the site a Phase I desk study report was required to support the application to surrender the permit.

The review of the historical maps revealed the site was a farm prior to the 1870 first  edition map, the poultry sheds were erected between 2002 and 2010. The O.S amps also revealed two sand pits within 250m of the site.

Upper Hempriggs Poultry Farm, Milton Hill Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 2UB
Upper Hempriggs Poultry Farm, Milton Hill Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 2UB
Upper Hempriggs Poultry Farm, Milton Hill Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 2UB

The walkover survey was undertaken on completion of the review of the historical O.S. maps as well as the environmental data held by SEPA and within the Groundsure reports, no further information was obtained.

The walkover survey revealed the site to comprise of  a number of farm buildings and poultry sheds.

Upper Hempriggs Poultry Farm, Milton Hill Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 2UB

A qualitative assessment was undertaken and it was determine that the potential sources of contamination identified int he desk study report were either low risk or where not credible sources, hence a conceptual model could not be constructed and no further works were proposed.

Upper Hempriggs Poultry Farm, Milton Hill Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 2UB
Upper Hempriggs Poultry Farm, Milton Hill Farm, Kinloss, Forres, Moray, IV36 2UB

This case study records the project circumstances and conclusions at the time of the work. Planning links may refer to historical council systems.

Project details

Case study reference: 16-10-05

Planning authority: Moray Council & SEPA

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