GRANOX is to build a new raw materials building after winning planning permission this week.

The move to improve the environmental benefits at the site was welcomed by Halton councillors.

The existing raw materials building does not have an air lock for vehicular access and at present there is no extraction of building air to odour abatement equipment.

It is authorised to receive fat, bone and offal collected throughout the north west and is situated on the southern boundary of the site fronting onto the route of the Trans Pennine Trail.

Granox is proposing to build a dedicated replacement building to be fitted with a vehicular sized airlock to ensure that any odours released during handling of materials are contained within the buiding.

It will be located in the central part of the site and will be constructed in brick and metal cladding to match other new buildings on the site.

"The proposal will result in environmental benefits at the site," members of the planning and transportation committee were told on Monday evening.

"The new building will be sited away from the Trans Pennine Trail and odour abatement will be installed as part of the development."

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