Major changes planned for Bridport Abattoir
EXTENSIONS and other changes are planned for a vacant slaughterhouse at Mangerton Lane, Bradpole.
If agreed it could result in a doubling of staff, from 20 to 40, and 1,400 square metres of extra space.
The planning proposal is currently out for public consultation with a September 14th closing date for comments on the proposals.
The application also seeks to change the use of a home on the Crown Farm Meats site to offices and to create a new parking area for up to 40 vehicles with additional landscaping.
Agents acting for the business say the abattoir has been acquired by Shropshire-based Pickstock Telford Ltd after not being used for a year. The former farm site was first converted to abattoir use in the early 1990s.
It says that the property was bought to help prevent animals from farms in the South of the country having to travel too far for slaughter.
In a submission to Dorset Council the planning agents say a residential property on the site, Ridgeway House, which was included in the sale, is tied to the abattoir use by a planning legal agreement, which the company would like to convert to office use.
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