Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 48757

Odour Pollution: Wiltshire

Tabled: 28 April 2025
Answered: 7 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the cause of the persistent odour affecting residents in Calne, Wiltshire.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The Environment Agency (EA) has received a significant number of reports of odour in the Calne area throughout April. EA officers have attended and substantiated odour, believed to be landfill gas from regulated activity in Compton Bassett. While landfill...

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