A council approved an intensive chicken farm that will confine 1.35 million chickens a year – but that's not the end of the story.

We’re taking them to court to stop animal cruelty, environmental destruction and devastation for the local community.

In September 2026, East Lindsey District Council narrowly approved another intensive chicken farm in Lincolnshire by 4 votes in favour and 3 votes against.

Grange Farm in Toynton St Peter, Lincolnshire was given permission to build a new intensive chicken farm despite serious cumulative risks.

Several councillors spoke out against the plans, warning about air pollution impacts and urging a transition away from the cruelty of factory farming.

But, in the end, the council narrowly approved the factory farm. This means trapping another 1,350,000 chickens a year in sheds where they will never see daylight in the county that already has more factory farms than any other. It means putting more strain on the River Witham and condemning another community to the horrors of living next to a factory farm.

With your support, we can overturn the council’s approval and stop this factory farm being built.

We exist to protect communities from air pollution, flies, and oppressive odours, to prevent millions of animals enduring cruel conditions, and to help bring about an urgent transition in the food system to something more sustainable than factory farming.

Legal action works. We’ve already reversed FIVE planning approvals for factory farms.

But a case like this comes at considerable price for an organisation like ours. We couldn’t do it alone – thank you for anything you can spare. 

Please support our efforts to prevent suffering and share this page to help spread the word. Every donation goes directly to legal costs against factory farming.

This is shaping up to be an expensive case, so we don’t expect to raise excess funds. In the unlikely event that we do raise more than we need, every additional penny will go towards other legal cases against factory farming.

Photos credit: Martin Pope