{"id":457490,"date":"2026-03-04T18:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457490\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:14:10","slug":"waste-site-near-wakefield-ordered-to-stop-operating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457490\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste site near Wakefield ordered to stop operating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The site is a former brickworks now used for the storage of waste and treatment to produce soil and aggregate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The inspector said they were satisfied that removal of the permit was necessary to prevent pollution risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The appeal&#8217;s conclusion means Mineral Processing Ltd&#8217;s permit is now invalid and all activities under its terms must cease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The company has also been ordered to remove waste from the site by 2029, and if it does not comply, will be committing an offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As operator, it remains responsible for managing pollution and odour impacts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Carly Chambers, area environment manager for the EA in Yorkshire, said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Mineral Processing Ltd has shown a total disregard for the regulatory efforts of the Environment Agency and the impact on local residents and the environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We welcome the decision of the Planning Inspectorate to dismiss the company&#8217;s appeal, meaning the permit is now revoked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We will continue to closely monitor activity at the site and expect the operator to comply with the steps set out in the revocation notice.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The site is a former brickworks now used for the storage of waste and treatment to produce soil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-457490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}