Proposals for what would be Snowdonia’s biggest-ever poultry farm will be discussed next month after national park planners deferred the application yesterday (Wednesday).

Glyn and Janet Pugh, of Ty’n Pwll, Llanegryn, have applied to build the unit on 2,700 square metres of farmland at Fferm Castell Mawr, Llanegryn, which is near six ancient woodlands and three Sites of Special Scientific Interest.

The development, roughly the size of a football pitch, was visited by members of the Snowdonia National Park Authority’s planning committee last November with a decision on the fate of the application having been delayed for several months.

But ahead of a meeting on Wednesday, park planning officers recommended that authority members should turn down the application - despite the promise that two jobs would be created if given the green light.

Roger Parry, the applicants’ agent, say that the unit would help to ensure a future for the next generation to carry on, citing the need for farms to diversify in order to survive.

Noise levels, they say, are also acceptable with a management plan in place to help control the odour.

But 130 letters of objection have also been sent to the national park authority, citing concerns over the scale of the building, visual impact, increase in traffic, manure and vermin as well as the impact of noise, dust and smells.

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