CLEAN-UP STARTS AT GOLF CLUB
Enviroment Agency order due to bad smells
Following a long period of complaints from local residents, clean-up has finally begun on the smells emanating from the construction at Stafford Castle Golf Club.
An aerial view of Stafford Castle Golf Club
The Environment Agency was flooded with complaints about a manure-like smell coming from the work. Residents said they had been forced to keep their windows closed over the last 18 months, reported the local Express & Star paper. Neil Ashton, from nearby Delamere Lane, set up a Facebook page, called STOP the smell coming from Stafford Castle Golf Club construction Site, which has been 'liked' by more than 480 people. Finally, this past week Horticulture Week has reported that one of the construction companies, 4 Recycling Group, agreed to move 70 per cent of sewage sludge from the site to farmland nearby and to remove the remainder completely. The work is expected to take three weeks to complete.The company had appealed against an enforcement notice issued by the Environment Agency but agreed this month to undertake the work. Earlier this year contractors stopped spreading the sewage and covered it up, improving life for nearby residents.
Inert material had been used for the construction of mounds on the course. The smell had become particularly bad in the hot summer months this year.
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