Plans for a temporary access road to be built on a controversial landfill site attracts scores of objections...

Plans were submitted earlier in the year for the construction of a new access road to facilitate further landfill operations at a controversial landfill site, however the proposals have attracted scores of objections from the local community.....

3rd December 2024

Plans for the part retrospective application of a temporary access road to facilitate the completion of landfill operations on a Hartlepool site have attracted dozens of objections, as the plans look set to have to be brought before a committee for a final decision

Mr Rick Bright, of Bright Associates applied to Hartlepool Borough Council back in July this year seeking a part retrospective application for permission to construct a temporary access road to the site known locally as Seaton Meadows Landfill in the towns Brenda Road, however the plans have been met with considerable objection from the local community leading to the prospect that the plans will now have to be put before a council planning committee for a final decision

Many of the objections raised relate to the “smell” emitted from the landfill site & the effect of the proximity of the landfill site to nearby homes in the towns Seaton Carew, locals have raised considerable concerns about what environmental impact the landfill site is having on their health & well-being, with increasing calls from local members of the community for activities on the site to come to an end.

A fire at the site in Janurary 2024 left smoke billowing into the atmosphere & could be seen from miles away

In January 2024, Firefighters were left having to tackle what was said to be “a deep seated blaze” at the Hartlepool landfill site which took four days to extinguish, leaving local residents unable to open their windows & smoke billowing across the town which could be seen for miles.

Locals claim the landfill operations on the site have left some locals simply being unable to live next to it, with one local resident claiming they're moving away fro the site due to the constant "smell" emitted fro the facility.

A decision on the plans for the new access road to the site was due to be made in October this year, however its now said to be highly likely that the proposals will have to go before a council committee given the level of public opposition to the plans, despite what some claim being much of the work "already done" by the developer.