Fresh row ignites over controversial mushroom farm as council asked to decide new plans
A row over a controversial mushroom farm which was approved against neighbours' wishes will be reignited when the matter returns before West Lancashire's planning committee.
Other concerns related to what they considered to be inappropriate Green Belt development and fears for traffic safety, with increased numbers of HGVs using the road. West Lancs' planning committee rejected the application, only for the decision to be overturned by the Government on appeal.Now, applicant Smithy Mushrooms wants to modify its plans to replace some planned portal framed buildings with polytunnels.
It supplies major retailers Tesco and Marks and Spencer and sold one million packets of its oyster mushrooms last year. It hopes to have the new production site open in autumn, with managing director John Dorrian saying the demand is currently so high he has had to turn away new business because they cannot produce enough.
“We are already seeing other little-known varieties such as shimeji and eryngii being sold in supermarkets and we believe it’s an industry that is truly going to mushroom in the next few years.”
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