Council to discuss plans to extend planning permission at 'smelly' landfill

Walsall Council will discuss controversial plans to extend planning permission for works at a former quarry later.

Some residents are strongly opposed to the plans at Highfields South Quarry in Walsall Wood, saying a bad smell comes from the site where non-hazardous waste has been filled since 2010.

The owners say they will try to minimise the environmental impact.

Sylvia Dembedza is one of the residents living nearby:

In a statement, Walsall Council said: