Roy Anderson lives opposite Inkersall Grange Farm, off the A614, where waste giant Veolia Environmental Services wants to house the composting facility to deal with 35,000 tonnes of garden waste a year as part of its 26-year contract with Nottinghamshire County Council.

He told Chad he had a number of concerns about the proposals, including the effects on health, odour, traffic, noise and the impact on the landscape –– which had been shared by other people he had spoken to.

Mr Anderson said: "A lot of people might think it won't be directly affecting them but everyone in this area will be affected because there are a number of problems.

"The traffic has just increased so dramatically on this road. The estimated additional 28,000 HGVs per year from the proposal will exacerbate an already serious traffic problem.

"This is a huge project which will affect everyone in the area, both private and commercial, to varying degrees. What I want to do is make sure everybody has been consulted properly."

He said he believed the facility would spoil the view for visitors to Sherwood Forest and he was concerned about the health impacts of bio-aerosols which would be generated by the facility.

Mr Anderson has sent in his objections to Nottinghamshire County Council, which will decide on the plans, and aims to speak to local people about what action they can take in opposing it.

Simon Bussell, managing director of Veolia Nottinghamshire, told Chad the company had followed advice from the Environment Agency in relation to the bio-aerosols at the site, so it would be more than 250m from local homes.

He said the facility would be situated in a natural depression and landscaping would be put around the site. Mr Bussell said highways bosses had not raised any issues but access would be improved.

Said Mr Bussell: "We take very seriously the smell issue and we are going to implement the process from our premier site in Hampshire, Bushywarren.

"If the application is acceptable to Nottinghamshire County Council's Planning Committee, we are happy to take any questions or comments from people after the process as well. We want people to be able to come to us if there are any issues at all."

Anyone with concerns about the site should email royanderson@tiscali.co.uk.