The move is likely to stall planning for farm sheds, animal houses and slurry stores.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs says that NIEA is "considering legal advice on the ongoing application of our Ammonia Planning Standing Advice".over some planning decisions which had a risk of ammonia pollution.William Irvine Deputy President of the UFU says the move is costing farmers time and money.Deputy President of the UFU, William Irvine, said the move was costing farmers time and money.
"We were contacted by the NIEA in recent days to say that all planning applications with ammonia considerations were being stalled until they reviewed their process around ammonia," he said. This has a huge impact on farmers wishing to upgrade or modernise. Some farmers have spent many thousands and many years and this puts a pause on the whole thing," he added.Northern Ireland's executive has not met for more than a year as part of the Democratic Unionist Party's protest against post-Brexit trading arrangements."We have the option of taking a judicial review type situation to it. That legal route is an option we have," he added.
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