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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lisa Rand

Court battle looms over ‘illegal’ waste at former football club

A row over rubbish left at a former football club in Sefton where an “illegal” waste facility was operating is now headed to court.

The site, at the former Formby football club, had been operating for more than a year before a planning application was lodged by operator Mersey Aggregates Ltd in August 2020.

Permission was refused a month later with Sefton Council describing the facility on greenbelt land as “inappropriate.”

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