There have been a huge number of objections to the 'vertical farm' near Beverley, where produce would be grown in a 14-metre 'stack' unit and there would be over 100 car parking spaces
However the agent for developer Key Growing Ltd told councillors “technology has moved on” and growing crops indoors using LED lights was more environmentally friendly than trucking them in from southern Europe.
Committee member Coun Geraldine Mathieson was concerned approval could open the floodgates for similar applications. She said it’d be better to refuse the plans and have them go to appeal for an inspector to decide, as the technology is so new there have been no legal rulings on whether it is an “agricultural” use.Coun Denis Healy said: “Is this the right place for effectively a factory? I don’t think it is.
But others supported the idea, including Coun Charlie Dewhirst who said farmers already put up very large sheds, and this would “clearly be a primary production site for food.” And Coun Gary McMaster said: “We need to think outside the box when we factor in food security and global issues.”The plans involve a vertical farming building and two two-storey office blocks
The committee agreed to defer the plans for a more detailed landscaping scheme and clarification from the Government on how to classify the unit.
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