New move in bid for Knacker's yard

The proposal submitted by J Passey and Son seeks to move a knackers’ yard used for storing horse carcasses, plus additional horse incinerator, from its current location on the Turnpike industrial estate in Newbury, to the vacant Wessex Saw Mill site in Great Shefford.
Ironically, nearly 50 people have signed a petition in support of the application - all of them near neighbours of the existing yard who want it moved because they can no longer stand the “foul smells” emanating trom it.
And many objectors from the Lambourn Valley say they fear that a smell of death emanating from the premises will spook sensitive racehorses in the region.
But in an apparent attempt to draw the sting from such objections, the applicants have commissioned a report from odour suppression consultants APPS Uk Ltd.
The author, Darren Cornforth, compiled the report following a visit to the proposed site and stated: “The only area I identified (where odours could be generated) would be in the loading and unloading area, as this is the main area of operation.”
He suggests installing “a sequence of nozzles” around the building which could pump “atomised ‘Airborne 10’...to help eradicate any odourous gasses or dust particulate.”
Airborne 10 is the proprietary name for sufactant induced absorption technology, which manufacturers claim “greatly increases the absorbency of water for odour and dust eradications.”
The report is unlikely to assuage critics of the proposals, however, and does not address other issues such as fears that local water supplies could become contaminated.
Jeff Beck (Con, Clay Hill) has announced that he was “calling in” the application, meaning that the decision will be made following a debate between elected councillors at a meeting of West Berkshire Council’s western area planning committee, instead of solely by planning officers.
Views can still be expressed by visitng West Berkshire Council’s website and going to the planning section, then entering the reference 14/01615/FUL