RESIDENTS are up in arms over a concrete making plant and tyre dump which has been set up without planning permission on a green field site on their doorsteps.

Enforcement action is being considered by planners. Residents in Brompton, near Northallerton, say they fear they are being put in danger and it is a nightmare having to live next to the site.

They say operators moved in more than six months ago, cleared the area of trees and shrubs, and started operating a concrete making plant with continuous noise and cement dust, then last week about 2,000 compacted tyres arrived on the site.

Jacqueline Madden, of Linen Way, said: "It really is horrendous, we have had environmental health round in the past few days but the council doesn't seem to be doing anything.

"It is awful, the noise of the machinery running is constant and there are clouds of dust, I have long-Covid and we really think this is a health hazard. We should not have to put up with it, they don't have planning permission. It is right next to a housing estate, when we moved here it was just a green area going up to the railway, but you couldn't see the line because it was covered in trees and undergrowth.

"They arrived, cleared the whole area and started operating right next door, it is absolutely disgraceful. There is also a primary school over the road the other way which must be a concern for the children.

"We have put fencing up, but you can still hear it and we're constantly worried about what might happen – having thousands of tyres on the doorstep must be a fire hazard."

Another resident protested: "Hambleton District Council has utterly failed in their duties to ensure planning permission was obtained. Trees have been felled and cleared illegally, groundworks installed without planning and now it is being operated. We have contacted the council on several occasions but nothing has been done."

A spokesman for Hambleton District Council said: "There is a live enforcement case for this site. The landowner has been advised that planning permission is required for unauthorised works and a deadline has been set for the submission of an application by the end of this month, in line with the council’s local enforcement plan. If this is not forthcoming then further action will be considered. The trees that have been removed were not protected by a tree preservation order and the site is not in a conservation area so there is no breach of planning control in that respect."

The owners of the site could not be contacted for comment.