Fly-tippers had dumped mountains of rubbish at the front of the former John’s Snooker and Pool Bar in Clayton Street, just off Mincing Lane.
Mattresses and sofas had been discarded at the site and thrown over a six-foot-high fence.
The tip was getting bigger and bigger until earlier this year, residents who live close by spoke out.
The area has been fenced off to deter anyone accessing the site, but people have then left household rubbish on the pavement.
The rubbish was attracting rats and is opposite a row of flats, and only a few hundred yards away from the town centre.
There is still some discarded furniture on the site, but this is away from the front of the building.
There was still some rubbish but away from the front (Image: Nq) In February, the council said the site was private land and was working with the landowner to resolve the issue.
They had also carried out site visits with the landowners to allow them to access the waste to recover evidence.
Following this, they said teams were in communication with several people regarding ‘the illegal deposit of this waste’.
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The iconic old snooker hall is one of the town’s most famous buildings, but was destroyed in a major fire in March 2020, just days before the first Covid-19 lockdown began.
It had sat abandoned for many years.
Work did begin on restoring the site with a steel frame a new roof going up in recent years.
Further work has come to a standstill, and the Clayton Street entrance became a fly-tipping hotspot.