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BBC News
2 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Controversial Arley abattoir's expansion plan refused
An abattoir shut down by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) following an investigation into animal welfare breaches has had a retrospective application to expand the site refused.T&S Abattoir, in the village of Arley, had asked North Warwickshire Borough Council for permission for changes which have already been made to its the planning committee rejected the request, highlighting concerns with road safety as well as noise and abattoir's licence had already been revoked after an animal rights activist released footage filmed covertly at the site. Managers said steps were taken to ensure animal welfare. Following the investigation, an FSA panel concluded that there had been a failure to prevent serious animal welfare living nearby have also already called for the abattoir, which was previously a butcher's shop, to be closed. Under its former ownership, the business did its own slaughtering but the council's planning report said an average of fewer than 3,900 animals per year were killed there over 14 takeover led to more than 10 times that volume of animals being slaughtered there in a year from March 2024, across four days instead of one and for longer increases formed part of the council's recommendation for retrospective planning permission to be refused, as a report for the authority said the rise caused "significant and demonstrable harm to residential amenity and highway safety". Warwickshire County Council – the body responsible for highways advice on planning matters – said a road safety audit would be required due to concerns over the volume and safety of lorry movements. The borough council's environmental health experts also wanted an adequate noise management plan to be carried out and were concerned by smells and visual the abattoir, Gulraiz Siddique said a road safety audit was under way and that vehicle tracking information had shown lorries could "safely and effectively exit the site" and asked for a decision to be deferred to address the remaining Micheala Jackson, the Labour councillor for Arley and Whiteacre, said: "This is a small village, not an industrial estate."Such traffic movements are entirely inappropriate. Lorries are frequently blocking access for other traffic causing disruption and frustration for residents just trying to go about their daily lives." This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service, which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Woman dies after car overturns in crash in Arley
A woman in her 20s has died after a car overturned in Warwickshire. The single-car incident, which involved a blue Mazda, happened in Spring Hill, Arley, at about 06:30 BST on Thursday, Warwickshire Police was given "basic life support" by bystanders following the crash, West Midlands Ambulance Service woman was then treated by ambulance staff but she died at the scene. Warwickshire Police said an investigation was under way and called for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to contact the force. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
