Peterborough City Council set to approve plans for compost facility

Councillors have been advised to grant a planning application that would see an existing landfill site near Eye expanded

Councillors are expected to approve a plan to build a composting facility near a city at a meeting on Tuesday.

Peterborough City Council's planning committee has advised to grant the facility, which would see an existing landfill site near Eye expanded.

If approved, the site - run by Biffa waste services - is expected to process 50,000 tonnes of compost a year.

Eye Parish Council has objected to the plans amid "odour concerns", due to its proximity to Eye Primary School.

Parish councillors also have concerns over increased traffic on the Eyebury Road.

A total of 20 objections have been received to the proposal, citing concerns about noise, dust and the odour, but officers have recommended that the application be approved.

No objections have been raised by the Environment Agency nor Peterborough City Council's highways services, wildlife officer or pollution team.

If the plan is approved, work to process biodegradable waste would take place between 07:00 and 18:00 every day except Sunday.

A report, which will go before councillors, concludes that "the proposal represents an opportunity for additional waste to be driven up the waste management hierarchy".

It said: "There is therefore no reason not to approve the application in line with Section 38(6) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act."

Among the conditions for the application are that noise from the site will be regularly measured.