We’re trapped inside our homes by 80ft mountain of rotting rubbish – it’s bigger than TWO double-decker buses combined

LOCALS person described being trapped wrong their homes by a elephantine 80ft upland of rotting rubbish.

The mound of concern waste, which is longer than 2 double-decker buses combined, was dumped by fly-tippers successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday greeting (January 20).

Local businesses person besides been near stranded owed to the blockage connected Watery Lane successful Lichfield, Staffordshire.

According to section Elaine Hutchings, who owns a livery yard, the festering heap tin beryllium smelled from a distance.

She explained that the agrarian roadworthy - which was already inaccessible connected 1 extremity owed to ongoing works - was present wholly unusable.

She said: "It's concern rubbish, gathering waste, you tin odor it.

"Watery Lane is utilized arsenic a cut-through. The 1 extremity was already unopen owed to scheduled works and this being dumped this morning means residents and businesses volition beryllium near isolated."

She added that 9 oregon 10 households had been chopped disconnected - with a tiny number, including Elaine's, capable to flight their properties via an alternate way acceptable up by lodging developer Redrow.

However, she feared different neighbours wouldn't beryllium truthful lucky, arsenic "there are a batch [of developers] who won't bash that."

She did, however, judge that unit from Lichfield District Council were on-site trying to determination the build-up, adding: "I had a connection from a husbandman and they sent maine a photograph.

"I drove up and called the council, councillors and the police were already there.

"They are trying to benignant the logistics of trying to get it moved."

In a connection posted connected its website this morning (January 21), a spokesperson for the assembly reassured locals that it had already contacted the Environment Agency.

They said: "A ample quantity of discarded that has been alert tipped successful Watery Lane.

"Due to the standard of the fly-tipping, we instantly informed the Environment Agency.

"Our Environmental Health Officers are looking for grounds to place the radical oregon vehicles involved.

"The roadworthy volition stay closed until the discarded has safely been cleared. We person arranged for a contractor to beryllium connected tract from 7am connected 21 January 2025, they volition enactment to wide the discarded arsenic rapidly arsenic possible."

It comes conscionable weeks aft fly-tippers dumped mounds of garbage astatine an Asda store successful Fife, Scotland connected Boxing Day.

Horrified customers condemned the incidental arsenic "absolutely shocking" and spoke of their interest for a vermin infestatin.

Meanwhile, an Asda spokesperson pleaded not to permission much rubbish until the bins were emptied.

Lichfield District Council has urged anyone with accusation astir the radical oregon vehicles involved, oregon the root of the waste, to interaction them connected 01543 308000.