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A Walsall Wood landfill site has been granted permission to operate for a further four years.

Members of Walsall Council’s planning committee on Thursday December 27 were presented with two options for Highfields South Landfill on Walsall Road.

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One was to approve the extension, meaning owner Enovert can completely fill the site before restoring it to a public amenity space under a Section 106 agreement.

The other was to refuse permission, meaning all operations would have to cease on December 31, 2025, leaving a ‘partly filled hole of rotting material’.

After a previous extension of nine years granted in 2016, Enovert has now been granted the further extension to December 31, 2029.

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