The Lancashire County Council Health Protection Team wish to take this opportunity to hear from members of the general public who live or work close to the Jameson Road Landfill Site.
Action
Please complete one, or both of the questionnaires below, to provide an understanding of symptoms and those impacts experienced.
The Daily Tracker Questionnaire can be completed multiple times, as and when symptoms are experienced.
Jameson Road Daily Tracker – Fill in form
The Health Risk Questionnaire should be completed once, this form covers an 18 month time period.
Jameson Road Health Risk Assessment Questionnaire – Fill in form
Both questionnaires will be open for submission until Sunday 15th March 2026. An assessment of responses will be made and communicated to the Community Liaison Group, plus made available through the Environment Agency Jameson Road webpage.
Please complete this daily tracker to record any odours you notice and any symptoms you experience. Your responses will help us understand the impact of the landfill odour on residents and support.
Thank you.
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Angus Fire Limited has applied to the Environment Agency to vary its environmental permit to reduce chemical contamination on its site at High Bentham.
The operator has applied to vary the permit to introduce an effluent treatment plant.
Previously, Angus Fire manufactured and tested firefighting foam. This foam is known to have contained per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). These PFAS chemicals are transferred into rainwater when it falls on to key areas of the site.
Angus Fire has been collecting this rainwater so it can be treated to reduce the PFAS substances.
The application is for an effluent treatment plant to reduce the PFAS in both the collected rainwater and the future rainwater that falls onto the site.
The operator no longer manufacturers firefighting foam at its High Bentham site. The application is for treating rainwater to reduce PFAS chemicals from the site’s previous manufacturing processes.
The Environment Agency is now seeking views from the local community and interested groups on the application.
The consultation will run from Thursday 24 July until Thursday 21 August 2025.
It is live on the Environment Agency’s Citizen Space website.
The Environment Agency may only refuse a permit application if it does not meet one or more of the legal requirements under environmental legislation.
If the application shows that the site can operate in a way that meets all current environmental regulations and will provide a high level of protection of the environment and human health, the Environment Agency is legally obliged to issue a permit.
People can respond to the consultation directly on the website or alternatively by email to pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk
