Dimmer Landfill Site: Difference between revisions

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==History==

Dimmer landfill was opened in 1970 by Somerset County Council and was operated directly by them until responsibility was passed to [[Wyvern Waste Services Limited]] (WWS). WWS was a [[LAWDC]] (Local Authority Waste Disposal Company) formed by Somerset County Council in 1991; the assets at Dimmer were passed to WWS in 1992.

Dimmer landfill was opened in 1970 by Wincanton Rural District Council. In 1974, following local government re-organisation, control was passed to Somerset County Council and was operated directly by them until responsibility was passed to [[Wyvern Waste Services Limited]] (WWS). WWS was a [[LAWDC]] (Local Authority Waste Disposal Company) formed by Somerset County Council in 1991; the assets at Dimmer were passed to WWS in 1992.

Somerset County Council sold its LAWDC to Viridor in 2006, the company name subsequently changing to Viridor Waste (Somerset) Limited in June 2006.

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The [[Waste Management Licence]] was changed to an [[Environmental Permit]] in 2003/4 as required by the changing legislation at the time.

~~The capacity~~ at the site ~~as originally granted Planning Permission~~ was ~~circa xxxxx cubic metres; this was subsequently increased upon~~ approval ~~of an extension~~ in ~~xxxx to around xxxx cubic metres~~.

There have been several [[planning permission]]s for the site since 1970, none of which imposed an end-date to landfilling operations. In 2015, Viridor sought [[planning permission]] to construct and operate a [[waste transfer station]] at the site which was intended to divert wastes to non-landfill final disposal, notably [[energy-from-waste]] in Avonmouth and Oxfordshire. This proposal received approval in 2015 as permission 15/00372/CPO. The application documents stated that the landfill would close prematurely in 2016 and that a separate planning application would be made to alter the approved restoration contours of the landfill to take account of this. To date, no such application has been listed on Somerset County Council's planning portal.

~~Changes~~ in the ~~contractual arrangements regarding~~ the ~~destination~~ of ~~residual waste accepted from the principal client (~~Somerset County Council~~) are expected to result in some of the permitted capacity not being utilised and the site may well close before its permitted capacity is exhausted~~.

==Geology==