Green light for Arla Foods UK dairy project

Arla Foods UK’s £150 million greenfield dairy project, has been given the go ahead by the Aylesbury Vale District Council’s (AVDC) planning authority, generating 700 new jobs for the area. Arla Foods, has committed to 100% privately fund the project, creating a dairy which can process and package up to 1.3bn litres of fresh milk per year.

Peter Lauritzen, CEO of Arla Foods UK plc, says: “This will be a state-of-the-art dairy designed to help Arla achieve its growth ambitions in the UK. In addition to being one of the largest construction projects in the UK, our flagship building will also be the world’s first zero carbon dairy.”

Arla Foods has also submitted three additional outline applications on the 35 hectare site to the east of Aylesbury. These will deliver serviced commercial plot sizes not currently available in the area, creating an ancillary and supporting business park helping to attract further investment and create an additional 1,000 jobs.

Arla Foods intends to liaise with its suppliers to seek to attract them to invest on the site, creating a food manufacturing hub and helping to reduce the food miles associated with the dairy.