Slurry Infrastructure Grant

[Boysground]

I have been approved for a grant and after a year of going through the planning process I am going backwards not forwards, with a June deadline approaching for the next paperwork I dont know my next step.
My questions are, has anybody actually made it through the grant application process and got planning permission? Did you have to do SCAIL and were you classified as low risk? Did Natural England cause problems?

Please answer by PM if you would rather, I know planning can be sensitive and I dont want to go into too much detail with mine publicly yet.

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[Werzle]

I think there are quite a few that passed the first round and now worrying if its worth going on with it. Farmings in an uncertain place and it involves huge sums at high rates. Decisions will have to be made shortly

 

[PDB]

I’ve sacked it off. There is no way I’m covering a slurry lagoon.

avoid a separator, keep low dry matter, better for pumping

 

[AlfM]

Took one look at the first form after initial approval and put it in the bin.

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

We got through the first round but haven’t taken it any further. As others have said so much uncertainty at the moment.

 

[Boysground]

Already have a plan that should work, not worried too much about a cover and sure i won’t get planning without one. Had a separator for 10 years and export most of the solids so not changing that. Plan b is a much smaller temporary lagoon.

DEFRA have this money they are expected to spend on lagoon grants and i don’t think it will ever happen.

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[upnortheast]

A friend has just battled his way through the planning process for a slurry store.
This is the link. Bloody crazy the hoops they make you jump through

23/01163/FUL | Erection of slurry store | Agricultural Buildings Morwick Farm Acklington Northumberland NE65 9DG

publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk

 

[vantage]

Just be glad you don’t farm in Wales!
We have half the grant ceiling you have in England, plus a tiny pot from which to draw.
Planning is very sticky too, some farms have dug pits without planning, how that’s going to pan out I don’t know.
Oh, almost forgot, a N manure limit of 170kg/ha, so you may not be able to generate the cash to pay for the grant bits!

 

[DairyNerd]

Probably good in the right situation but thought it looked a lot of effort. Loose housing here from next year, don't want the headache of continually moving goalposts. Probably have the headache of inflated straw prices due to SFI instead! All fun and games