Tip work will go on for two years

WORK is likely to continue on the Risley Landfill site for another two years – despite tip operators Biffa failing in their bid to win planning consent for an extension to the tip earlier this year.
But members of the Risley Landfill Opposition Group, who have been widely praised for their work in opposing the expansion plan, will not object.
They accept the company’s claim that it will take two years to complete the tip and then restore the site to its former state.
Tipping will continue for 12 months and it will then take another 12 months to cap the site and landscape it
Coun Roger Rankin told Culcheth and Glazebury Parish Council that Biffa had undertaken to be “good neighbours” during their final two years on the site.
Older parts of the site, at the rear of Risley Prison and near The Noggin Inn would be opened up to the public and talks were going on over restoring the public footpaths which originally cross the site.
The company would also be looking to make small donations to local “good causes.”
The Risley Landfill site has been operating for more than 20 years and, had the company’s appeal been successful, would have been expanded over large areas of adjoining farm land and continued to accept waste until 2010.
Residents of Culcheth, Risley, Birchwood and Croft have complained for years about heavy traffic, noise and smells.