Residents will be seeking legal advice after a council approved controversial plans for a chicken farm in a village. West Suffolk councillors backed the proposal to build four poultry breeder sheds, with enough capacity for 39,999 chickens, at Cross Green Farm, in Hopton Road, Thelnetham, near Diss. Thelnetham residents protesting outside West Suffolk House. Picture: Joao Santos/LDRSAhead of the meeting, 1,056 objections were submitted to the authority, both from individual residents and in two separate petitions. Darren Lewitt, a Thelnetham resident of 15 years, said the decision had been disappointing.

Source: Express February 04, 2026 16:22 UTC