Campaigners have spoken of their relief after a plan to build hundreds of homes near to a tip was rejected. A plan to build 240 homes on land off Braemar Avenue, Eastwood was unanimously rejected by Broxtowe Borough Council over concerns that construction next to the old landfill site, known as ‘Matkin’s Tip’, would be unsafe.
Campaigners from the Common Residents Action Group celebrated the rejection of the project, the leader of Broxtowe Borough Council has announced he will call for a public inquiry into the history of the land at the former clay quarry
Speaking of the history of the site, Sarah Bainbridge, 36, a social media manager and member of Common Residents Action Group who lives near to the site, said: "We don't actually know what was put in there, we only have stories of the people who live locally to go off."
