A farmer has proposed 40 alternative sites for a seed processing factory in Leckhampstead. CYO Seeds applied to West Berkshire Council in December for permission to replace redundant farm buildings with new agricultural barns on land opposite Nightingale Farm, Wantage Road. The application was due to be determined by Wednesday, March 20 – but a decision is still pending. Meanwhile, John Duffield, who farms land to the north and east of the proposed site, has started a campaign against the proposal and has commissioned a report into sites he claims are more suitable than the one currently propo…