Green light for ￡150m UK dairy project

摘要

The world's largest zero carbon dairy has been given the go ahead by the Aylesbury Vale District Council's (AVDC) planning authority, generating 700 new jobs for the area. The committee was unanimous in its decision to support the officers' recommendation to approve the application subject to completion of the Section 106. This windfall ￡150 million inward investment is rare in today's economic climate. Danish dairy cooperative, Aria Foods, has committed to 100 percent privately fund the project, creating a dairy which can process and package up to 1.3bn litres of fresh milk per year. The scheme is set to deliver a ￡20m annual wages bill to bolster the Buckinghamshire economy.