Tar distillery smell worsening

By Ian Yates
Published 10th Oct 2012, 10:21 BST
Updated 19th Dec 2016, 09:33 BST
Am I alone in thinking that the smell from the Croda site is getting worse. In situations of light wind there is a permanent pocket of smell at the bottom of Newsam Road.

Home living is now becoming very difficult. When the windows are open the smell perculates through the entire house. Washing comes in from the line smelling like a "tar distillers overall".

I cannot believe in this day and age that local residents are expected to put up with this? I wouldn't live in a house built on that site for a proverbial gold pig!

Ian Yates