Laplante Poultry Farms Ltd. intends to convert an existing poultry barn owned by Meat a Chick Farm Inc. into a poultry processing plant (abattoir). The property is generally surrounded by agricultural uses, with four smaller lots containing rural residences to the north on Dunning Road, and three smaller lots containing rural residences to the south on Dunning Road. All of these residences are within 300 metres from the property development.