Walleys Quarry latest news and updates
2021
16 September 2021
News release: Council response to High Court ruling.
3 September 2021
Download our response to the appeal against statutory notice.
13 August 2021
News release: Council serves statutory nuisance abatement notice on Walleys Quarry
26 July 2021
Watch the Staffordshire Health and Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee, held at Castle House on 26 July 2021. The committee discussed Walleys Quarry and the health impacts on residents.
21 July 2021
- View the Special Cabinet meeting about the approval of a million pound fund for legal battle against Walleys Quarry Ltd.
- View the Full Council meeting and read the news release.
6 July 2021
News release: Partners hold community engagement online meeting.
23 June 2021
News release: Response to our Letter Before Action.
17 June 2021
News release: Support in place for residents suffering from landfill odour.
9 June 2021
Cabinet meeting with update.
8 June 2021
News release: Council serves Walleys Quarry Ltd a Letter Before Action Notification.
28 May 2021
News release: Residents urged to continue reporting symptoms from odour problems.
18 May 2021
Download a letter from our Chief Executive, Martin Hamilton, to Rebecca Pow MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.
14 May 2021
Download a letter from Alan White, Leader of Staffordshire County Council, to CEO Red Industries Nigel Bowen.
7 May 2021
News release: Council seeks urgent action.
5 May 2021
Download a letter from Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, to the CEO of the Environmental Agency.
29 April 2021
- Download the health risk assessment of air quality monitoring results from March.
- Download the monthly air quality report Silverdale - March Monitoring Period.
- Download the multi-agency press release - Walleys Quarry Data report.
- Download the Silverdale ambient air monitoring data - March 2021.
21 April 2021
Cabinet agenda item update on odour from Walleys Quarry.
26 March 2021
Letters arising from Extraordinary Council Meeting on 18 March 2021:
- Download a letter from Councillor Simon Tagg, Leader, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to Boris Johnson PM
- Download a letter from Martin Hamilton, Chief Executive, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to Mr John Curtin, Executive Director, Environment Agency
- Download a letter from Martin Hamilton, Chief Executive, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to Marcus Warnes, Accountable Officer, North Staffordshire CCG
- Download a letter from Martin Hamilton, Chief Executive, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to Dr Nic Coetzee, Consultant in Communicable Disease Control, Public Health England – West Midlands
- Download a letter from Martin Hamilton, Chief Executive, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council to Mr George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
19 March 2021
An open letter to RED Industries RM from Aaron Bell MP.
18 March 2021
Extraordinary meeting of the council - review the findings of the Scrutiny Task and Finish Group.
12 March 2021
News release: Scrutiny Task and Finish Working Party - Walleys Quarry final report.
11 March 2021
News release: A statement from Red Industries on curtailing operations at the landfill.
5 March 2021
News release: Council launches landfill investigation.
3 March 2021
News release: Agency bows to pressure and agrees three-month air-quality monitoring at Walleys Quarry.
2 February 2021
News release: Council to fund urgent specialist advice on landfill odours.