Plan to import potentially toxic soils to Wakefield landfill site given go-ahead despite almost 100 objections

Welbeck Landfill Site, located near Normanton and owned by the council, has been running since 1998.

Pledges to build over the waste and create a country park have not been fulfilled, though the site’s current tenants and operators, FCC Environment, insist that process will be completed by the end of 2025.