Egg factory 'would house 64,000 free range hens'
Plans for the facility at Owsthorpe Farm have been submitted to East Riding of Yorkshire Council to consider.
According to documents, the applicants "are seeking to diversity their farming business with the development of a free-range egg production unit".
The plans also include automated systems for feeding, drinking, lighting, and ventilation. The application includes the erection of a separate egg packing and storage building.
Documents seen by the Local Democracy Reporting Service state the site - accessed from an existing track off Mill Lane - would include two poultry buildings, each housing 32,000 free range laying hens aged between 17 and 70 weeks.
The applicants state: "The proposed development is a modern and efficient livestock production unit that is designed to fulfil a modern demand for cheap and environmentally efficiently produced food."
The development would operate in accordance with the British Egg Industry Councils Lion Code of Practice, and the RSPCA Freedom Foods guidance.
The site would employ three full-time staff.
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