Mooilaagte construction of 19 poultry houses.

Henlie Boerdery is proposing the construction of 19 environmentally controlled chicken houses with the capacity to hold up to 47 000 birds per house on Portion 4 of the farm Mooilaagte 483 JP, situated in the Lichtenburg District within Ditsobotla Local Municipality area. The activity will entail the construction of 19 environmentally controlled chicken broiler houses (144m x 15m each). Each house will have the capacity for 47 000 birds. The entire site expansion will be able to house up to 893 000 birds. The farm boundary is 191.63 ha and the development site boundary is 186 527.74m2.
The project will entail the following:
• Earthworks and clearing of vegetation (cultivated land) on the site for 19 poultry houses.
• Construction of 19 environmentally controlled chicken houses (144m x 15m) with capacity for 47 000 birds per house, totalling approximately 893 000 birds.
• A silo and water tank will be erected next to each house.
• Powerlines will be connected to each house from the new Eskom point.
• Pipelines will be connected to each house from a new borehole.
• The site will be fenced off with a 2.4m high electric fence.