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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.

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.