Rubbish tip blight
Language: English Series: Guardian ; 7 Augsut 1998, 9(1)Publication details: 1998Subject(s): Summary: The villagers of Boothorpe in Leicestershire are planning to go to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to stop an open cast mine being used as a rubbish dump. The residents claim that the privatisation of the landfill industry in the 1980s has deprived them of their right tp compensation for planning blight.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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The villagers of Boothorpe in Leicestershire are planning to go to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to stop an open cast mine being used as a rubbish dump. The residents claim that the privatisation of the landfill industry in the 1980s has deprived them of their right tp compensation for planning blight.