Legal action against the operators of Walleys Quarry cannot proceed now that the business has entered liquidation.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council was preparing legal action against Walleys Quarry Ltd for failing to properly control emissions from the landfill in Silverdale, in breach of a court-agreed Abatement Notice.
But now that the site operator’s business is in the process of being liquidated, the prosecution cannot be continued.
Gordon Mole, Chief Executive of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, said:
For legal reasons the action for breaching the Abatement Notice had to be against the site operator.
Now that the company no longer exists, the action cannot continue.
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