Issue - meetings
WALLEYS QUARRY ODOUR ISSUES
Meeting: 02/09/2025 - Cabinet (Item 3)
3 WALLEYS QUARRY ODOUR ISSUES 
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Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 - Historical Complaint Data (2), item 3
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- Appendix 2 - Percentage exceedance above the WHO odour annoyance guideline value (2), item 3
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- Appendix 3 - NULBC KPI June July August 2025, item 3
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- Appendix 4 - Letter from Philip Duffy, EA, item 3
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Decision:
That the contents of the update report be noted.
Minutes:
The Leader introduced a report updating Cabinet on the latest position regarding Walleys Quarry.
The Chief Executive advised that complaints had been low and steady over the past four months with a notable drop in August with just four complaints received. Officers continued to investigate complaints and the sources by mapping and tracking them.
As the autumn period was approaching, the site would be closely monitored and the agreed recovery mechanisms would now start to ramp up, moving from the response phase into recovery.
Members’ attention was drawn to paragraph 1.6 of the report which set out the requests made at Full Council on 23 July, 2025 and the status of the correspondence.
The Leader stated that the position remained positive, with low complaints but it would be closely watched as autumn arrived. The site appeared to be well managed by the Environment Agency (EA) and their contractors.
The Portfolio Holder for Strategic Planning stated that the data was heartening. He asked if there had been a response from Adam Jogee MP regarding asking the Government for help in restoring the site and to call for a public inquiry.
The Leader confirmed that there had been no response from the MP on those two points.
Referring to the letter from the EA, The Portfolio Holder for Finance, Town Centres and Growth asked the Chief Executive if there was any update on the ‘long term plans for the site, including funding arrangements’.
The Chief Executive advised that, as part of the recovery arrangements, the Council had highlighted that it needed to be focussed and government representation had been requested on the relevant working group to look at the practical steps for restoration and the associated funding which should not fall onto local shoulders. It was noted that this funding would be required for restoration post the bond which the EA had been using for the first works.
Resolved: That the contents of the update report be noted.