The dairy plans include three large buildings, a fodder storage unit, two slurry stores and a water storage tower.

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The plans include three livestock cubicle buildings, a fodder storage unit, two slurry stores and a water storage tower.

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Treatment continues at the sites today, with vapor barriers in place, so-called slurry walls going down 40 feet into the earth, well sucking up water to be treated, and systems operating to extract toxins from the air and water.

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Several other farmers are keen to take slurry to spread on their own fields, and ways to deal with worries over water pollution are being squared with the EA. As for animal welfare, Peter Willes, one of the dairies' co-owners, points out that it is in his own economic interests to keep his animals happy and productive.

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In addition, a ban on spreading slurry as fertiliser has been in place for more than three months, to avoid run-off contaminating water supplies.

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