A man has claimed that a waste plant situated close to his home has spoiled his family's dream property with his wife crying herself to sleep each night.
Robert Shaw, 50, of Plaxton Bridge, Woodmansey, and his wife, Michelle, alleged that biogas business, Woodmansey Farming Company, has disposed of 200,000 tonnes of rotting maize right outside their home last Monday.
He says that the plant has been a nuisance ever since it was constructed around two years ago but that the stench from the rotten corn on his doorstep is the last straw.
Robert said: "It is just absolutely unliveable now. We can't even go into the garden because it smells so bad. My wife goes to bed crying every night because of how bad it is.
"The main thing now is that they are working out of their parameters, I've got the plan and it clearly shows that they are working outside of it. It is completely out of order.
"It has caused a fly infestation and it's going to attract so much vermin, it is unbelievable. My wife is a chronic asthmatic and the smell in the air is just absolutely disgusting.
"The house is in the middle of nowhere and it is worth about £600,000, it is not even some backstreet dump."
But that is not all, as Robert believes that the plant also has rotten tomatoes which are adding to the vile smell in the area, Hull Live reports.
He has tried to contact the Environment Agency but was told they are experiencing delays as they are working from home.
He said: "My dad had a cancer operation a couple of months ago and we were celebrating him coming out of hospital. We invited everyone over for a barbecue and my family said 'no we can't sit here, we can't stand it'.
"You shouldn't have to live your life like that. This is on a whole new level. We are on the verge of walking away from our house.
"We have not even been able to eat outside our house for a while because of how bad it is."
Colin Hammond, Head of Strategic Business Development, said: "The Woodmansey Farming Company (WFC) grows crops in the local area to supply 4UFresh Produce Ltd who process produce for the food industry.
"WFC applied to the Environment Agency and was granted, a temporary field permit on agricultural land owned by WFC, to store harvested whole crop maize for processing through the vegetable processing factory.
"The production of vegetable extracts is a new venture for the vegetable processing factory and will complement the seasonal market for processed potatoes."
