New UK pig and poultry units: October 2026
49 cards in October 2026, against 3 in September 2026. The most were in East Midlands (12).
- Cards in October 2026
- 49
- Regions with activity
- 11
Last updated 6 November 2026. To quote a figure: “CapexRadar, capexradar.uk/livestock-farms/2026-10, 6 November 2026”.
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- Scotland1
- Northern Ireland2
- North East3
- North West2
- Yorkshire and the Humber5
- Wales1
- West Midlands6
- East Midlands12
- East of England4
- South West9
- London0
- South East1
By region
| Region | Cards | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | |
| North East | 3 | |
| North West | 2 | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 5 | |
| Wales | 1 | |
| West Midlands | 6 | |
| East Midlands | 12 | |
| East of England | 4 | |
| South West | 9 | |
| London | 0 | |
| South East | 1 | |
| Not placed | 3 |
A region comes from the postcode of the site or centre. Where the record has none, the card is counted as not placed rather than guessed.
By month
- November 20268
- October 202649
- September 20263
A month gets its own page once it holds 5 or more cards.
Companies are named here a month after their card is published; the first in this sector appear on 21 October 2026.
How this page counts
- What is counted
- A new environmental permit for an intensive poultry or pig unit, a variation that changes one, or a permit granted, at a farm we can match to a registered company.
- What is left out
- Farms held by individuals rather than companies, permit transfers and surrenders, and water abstraction licences.
Why it matters to a supplier
- A new unit means houses to build and fit, with ventilation, heating, feeding and drinking systems, months before the first birds or pigs arrive.
- Every permit sets how manure and slurry are stored and how ammonia and odour are controlled, and each of those is bought from someone.
- Counted by region, the applications show where integrators and farming companies are adding capacity, which planning statistics show only much later.
Questions
Why is there no figure for the size of each unit?
Because the permit is named after a legal threshold, not the farm's size, and many applications do not state the places. The engine never turns a threshold into a figure, so units are counted rather than summed.
Are dairy and beef farms included?
No. The permit covers intensive poultry and pig units only; cattle farms do not need one, so they leave no dated record of this kind.
The cards behind these numbers
On Stanfell, every card in this sector carries the figure, the date, the company behind it and a reading for your trade, the day it is published.
Poultry and pig farm leads on Stanfell