Plans for a state-of-the-art Agri Development Hub just outside Dungannon have taken a major step forward.

Mid Ulster District Council's Planning Committee granted outline planning permission for the £15 million development at Tamnamore, which will see Capper Trading deliver 22,000 sqm hub to facilitate the processing of straw and animal feeds and to include a research and development centre, associated parking, landscape and environmental enhancement works.

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Capper, a well-established and significant local employer, employs around 120 staff with an annual turnover of up to £21 million. This scheme will expand the firm's economic contribution to the local and regional economy.

Welcoming the progress, Chair of the Planning Committee, Councillor Cáthal Mallaghan said: "Capper has been trading for 50 years and is a market leader in its field. These plans are crucial to allow the company to continue to grow and any increase in the business will have a positive impact on the local economy.

"Mid Ulster continues to be a key destination for investment, with 55 applications for industrial and commercial development in the first half of this financial year, a figure higher than any other Council area here.

"As a Planning Committee we have a vital role to play in helping to support strategic and sustainable economic growth."

(CM/MH)