Norlands Lane Landfill Site – Environmental Permit Application Duly Made

On behalf of Land Logical Norlands Lane Limited, a Waste Recovery Plan (WRP) was submitted to the Environment Agency (EA) on 13 November 2023 for the importation of 600,000 m3 of inert wastes to allow essential engineering works to be undertaken at Norlands Lane closed landfill site. The importation and placement of inert wastes will serve to correct the current inherent problems associated with the waste mass and provide optimal management of systems at the site, the optimal collection of landfill gas which is used to create green energy and to minimise uncontrolled emissions of methane. It will also allow essential improvements to surface water drainage, together with the provision of a long-term sustainable landform with associated biodiversity enhancements. On 15 March 2024, the EA responded in a letter to advise that they agreed in principal that the proposed waste operation constitutes waste recovery.

On 01 July 2024 an application was submitted to the EA to vary the permit to add a waste recovery activity. In the interests of protecting human health and the environment, a request was made to the EA for the application to be expedited for determination, so that the works to be undertaken to rectify the issues with the site can start as soon as possible, which was agreed by them. The application was duly made as of 30 September 2024.