Families are demanding action after a house turned their driveway into a makeshift tip with tonnes of rubbish dumped on their property.
Residents living on Peach Avenue, in Stafford, say a eyesore mountain of waste has been abandoned on the driveway.
Neighbours have claimed the site is becoming a breeding ground for rats and a health nightmare for kids.
Angry residents have accused Stafford Borough Council of doing nothing to help despite the health hazard ‘absolutely stinking’ and being just yards away from a primary school.
The Staffordshire property before the rubbish was dumped
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One mum-of-two, who did not want to be named, said: “I first complained to the council last August and it has just snowballed from there. In November they were able to confirm to me they didn’t have a license to do this, yet nothing has been done.
“My son was sick for five months and off school for eight weeks. He has asthma and couldn’t breathe. But they don’t care, they just carry on doing what they want. There’s rats everywhere, it towers so high I don’t know how it hasn’t fallen over yet and it absolutely stinks.”
Another local resident, who did not wish to be named for fear or reprisals, said: “It’s been going on like this for about a year and nothing has changed. I have complained numerous times, as have many of us here, but all we’re told is that they are looking into it.
“A lot of residents are not happy at all, I know their direct neighbours have suffered with rat problems. There’s a primary school nearby with little kids and this thing is a health hazard. It has just grown and grown. They try and burn some of it and then the fire service comes out and tell them off, and then then burn it again as soon as they’ve gone.”
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Jason Glover, who runs a rubbish removal business in Staffordshire, said he had wrongly been linked to the mess on social media and it was his brother who is responsible.
He said: “I’m based in Stone but people have been saying online this is to do with me and my business but I can say 100 per cent that is not the case.
“The house in Stafford is nothing to do with me and it’s my brother who lives there and he has a few issues.
“He has been doing his own thing with about 10 other guys and is bringing the rubbish back and burning it. But it has attracted fly-tippers too so not all the rubbish there is his. I’ve been getting threats online as a result.”
Glover added: “What he is doing is not linked to me or my company, I have five star reviews, I’m fully licenced and completely legit. I have tried to help him since he was a young lad but he just does his own thing. If you even tried to speak to him about this – he would just tell you to f**k off.”
A Stafford Borough Council spokesperson said: “This is an unpleasant situation for those having to live with this on their doorstep.
“As we are currently taking legal action to get this situation resolved, and prevent those from continuing to make the lives of residents of Peach Avenue a misery, we cannot say anything more at this time.”
A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said they would be unable to comment as legal action is being taken.
