Marlbrook

Bromsgrove planners are walking a tightrope in attempting to sort out the over-tipping of more than one million cubic metres of waste in the foothills of the Lickeys, a public meeting for villagers heard.

Recent events surrounding Marlbrook Tip - where more than a million tonnes too much waste has been dumped - will be aired at another public meeting.
  It is being held by Bromsgrove District Council at the Trinity Centre in Lickey on Tuesday March 13 at 7pm.
  The meeting follows one in November which heard the council planners wanted the owner of the site to apply for retrospective planning permission for the overtipping.

The future of Marlbrook Tip remains mired in limbo, with Bromsgrove District Council wringing its hands in apology but apparently powerless to make anything happen.

Sir – I was pleased to read in November’s Village that another local resident has raised concerns about the proposed car park opposite Tesco in Marlbrook.

A new car park is still being considered to solve poor parking outside Tesco at Marlbrook, Lickey and Blackwell Parish Council heard.

Marlbrook councillor John Ruck told the parish council he was looking into improving parking at the Braces Lane Tesco store.

The debacle that led to a reported million extra tonnes of waste being tipped on the Lickeys is to be investigated at Bromsgrove District Council.

Lickey and Marlbrook residents are waiting to hear what is to happen at Marlbrook Tip, where 1.08 million cubic metres of spoil has been dumped without permission.

Villagers who blamed the ten-year “nightmare” of lorries thundering up the Lickey Hills on too much waste being taken to Marlbrook Tip appear to have been vindicated by a report of over-tipping on a vast scale.

The Head of Planning for Bromsgrove and Redditch has told villagers that she has taken control of sorting out the “nightmare” caused by heavy lorries laden with muck plying up the Lickey Hills to Marlbrook Tip.