EYESORE mounds of pulp paper on farmland around Burnley have been removed after action by Burnley planners and the Environment Agency.

The grey mounds of paper are used as a mulch on fringe moorland fields and first caused concern at a meeting of the Burnley Environment Forum two years ago.

The final mound has now been spread over the land and planners promise to ensure future piles of pulp paper are spread as soon as practical.

"We have worked closely with the Environment Agency to put constant pressure on the company contracted to spread the pulp,'' said Karen McCabe, head of planning services at Burnley Council.

"It has taken us some time but we're now confident the message has got through that people in the borough will not put up with these eyesores,'' she added.

Any further complaints about pulp paper mounds should be made to Kate Handford Bailey in the council's planning services, conservation and development team, on 01282-425011, extension 2525.

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