Heritage Cases

The proposed project will entail the following: • The development of a piggery-grower unit where weaner piglets are grown until they are ready for slaughter. These pigs are called baconers. • The construction of two (2) Weaner platforms. Each platform will have two (2) houses and each house will have four (4) rooms (therefore a total of 16 rooms). Each room houses 450 piglets. The total capacity within the weaner rooms is therefore 7 200 piglets. The dimensions of one platform is: 75m x 15m (1 125m2) x 2 platforms = 2 250m2. • The construction of seven (7) grower platforms. Each platform will have two (2) houses and each house will have two (2) rooms (therefore a total of 28 rooms). Each room houses 450 baconer/grower pigs. The total capacity within the grower rooms is therefore 12 600 baconers/growers. The dimensions of one platform: 145m x 15m (2 175m2) x 7 platforms = 15 225m2. • The total footprint size of all the weaner and grower platforms is therefore 17 475m2 (1.7475ha). • The total development footprint, including the platforms and open spaces between and surrounding the platforms is: 285m x 175m = 49 875m2 (4.9875ha). • The construction of an office block that will include a store room and ablution facilities. The office block will have the following dimensions: 6m x 20m (120m2). The following describes the basic process that will be followed to raise the baconer pigs: • Each week, 900 weaner piglets (three weeks old) will be delivered to the piggery. • One weaner room will accommodate 450 piglets. • Weaner piglets will be transferred to grower rooms at ten and a half weeks of age. • Once the pigs are 23 weeks old, they will be collected and taken to an abattoir for slaughter.