Campaigners to challenge change in classification of waste treatment plant

The group said Lincolnshire’s planning decision, if not overturned, would allow GMB Ltd to treat hazardous and toxic waste including asbestos, “just a few hundred metres from homes and schools at the heart of our community”.

Their criticisms included that there would be 150 additional heavy goods vehicles per day through Boundary Lane, a small country lane that was not fit for this scale of commercial traffic.

They also said the facility was being built adjacent to a local water course, the drainage could not cope with the local car washing business, “so there is a very real danger of water contamination”.

With 24 days to go, the campaigners – who are being advised by Richard Buxton Environmental & Public Law – had raised £760 via Crowd Justice towards its target of £2,500.