Local campaigners oppose the landfill site

Environment Agency officials say a licence to operate a landfill site at Hafod Quarry at Johnstown will be issued once Mersey Waste Holdings has met the necessary requirements.

Local campaigners remain opposed, but Wrexham Council say the company has not breached rules and can start tipping.

It was due to begin on Friday, but was postponed over technical details.

The Environment Agency said on Monday it was expecting a report from Mersey Waste Holdings, which is responsible for disposing of waste collected by Liverpool City Council and four neighbouring authorities.

A spokesman said if all the matters were resolved and all conditions satisfied, a licence would be issued which would mean tipping could start in a few days.

Campaigners are angry because part of the quarry is a special area of conservation.

They also claimed there were still issues that Mersey Waste Holdings needed to address.

High Court

Pauline Smout, chair of the Hafod Environmental Group, said: "We simply can't believe that they can even consider starting tipping until all outstanding legal issues have been resolved."

She said residents were "outraged" that planning permission had been granted to allow waste to be dumped at the quarry.

Last year the action group went to the High Court to try to challenge the way the scheme had been approved.

Last month, Clwyd South MP Martyn Jones called on Merseyside councils to halt plans to dump millions of tonnes of waste at the quarry.

He said: "The time is fast approaching when Merseyside local authorities will simply have to rein in Mersey Waste Holdings and re-evaluate their waste strategy."

Wrexham's chief planning officer Lawrence Isted said: "I can confirm that the developer is not in breach of the condition imposed on the permissions and that consequently tipping operations can commence."

"If, however, residents have information that any of the conditions have not been met they should bring this to my attention."

Rob Allan, managing director of Mersey Waste Holdings, said: "We are satisfied that we are in a position to comply with the various conditions laid down in the planning consent , but obviously we will not go ahead until we have the all-clear from the (Environment) Agency."