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Search the Public Notice PortalPlans for a waste and recycling plant to increase 24-hour operating hours to include Sundays and Bank Holidays are set to be considered.
J Dickinson and Sons Ltd are a long standing occupier of Rivington View Business Park, by the M61 on Station Road, Blackrod.
The firm employs more than 100 staff at the site which serves commercial, industrial and local authority customers, as well as householders via a skip hire service.
Operations have been continuous at the site since 1999 and are regulated by an Environment Agency permit.
In 2024 planning permission was granted to allow for 24-hour operations within the waste transfer station of the site on Monday to Friday and midnight to 7pm on Saturdays, with maintenance and cleaning carried out on Sundays and Bank Holidays.
The application which will go before Bolton’s planning committee on Thursday, August 20 requests extending the 24-hour working inside the waste transfer station to include Sundays and bank holidays.
It also seeks to extend operating hours at second building at the site, the combined units 9/10/11 to operate until 11pm for late night working.
The firm said the changes are ‘required to accommodate an increased demand for recovery and recycling.
Units 9, 10 and 11 at the site are used for the processing of residual waste from the waste transfer station.
The closest residential properties are located at Bensey Rise 170m to the north of site, Junction Close 250m to the south of site and the Blackrod bypass approximately 390m away.
Objections to the plans have been received from four addresses.
One objection said: “The company has continually expanded, the road saturated with heavy traffic.
“Any additional hours will not create more traffic but since Unit 8 was increased to 24 hours, not only is there an increase but wagons and trailers are even bigger.”
Another complained about noise during night caused by the loading and unloading of waste bottles and cans.
The company said in supporting document that extended processing hours ‘allow the business to deal with increased demand for recovery’.
Planning officers have recommended approval of the extended hours.
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