THE relentless thunder of trucks which will rumble past homes near the controversial Marlbrook tip while repair work takes place was just one of the issues put to the new owner -- at a packed meeting.

Scores of residents turned out for the December session of Lickey and Blackwell Parish Council to hear from Liberty Construction boss Eddy Mcintosh and question him on his plans for the Alvechurch Highway site.

Mr Mcintosh spoke at the meeting, on Tuesday December 5, in light of a planning application he has submitted to Bromsgrove District Council for new drain culvert, perimeter bunding and balancing ponds.

The meeting at Blackwell Methodist Church Hall, in Greenhill, was told the application was to get the culvert working again.

Mr Mcintosh hopes to eventually turn the site into a nine-hole golf course, with club house.

Other concerns raised by residents included the volume of lorries which will be going in and out of the site and the route they will use.

Mr Mcintosh said if the application was given the go-ahead he expected 30 to 50 lorries to be accessing the site each day.

The parish council voted to give the application their support, subject to conditions regarding bunding, times and routes of lorries and strict monitoring of the work by the district council.

Parish council chairman Ron Brown said: "This application solves a major problem which the district council was not in a position to deal with."

l DISGRUNTLED residents living near the tip have formally submitted their objections to the application.

Householders held a meeting last week to discuss the issues and have sent their objections to Bromsgrove District Council. The application could be discussed at the authority's planning meeting in January.