Residents in Bacup are protesting against Rossendale Council's plans to build a new 50,000-tonne-a-year-capacity waste disposal unit in the town centre There is already a waste transfer site on the proposed location but the new building is due to be bigger Charlie Codd's back garden directly faces the disposal unit and says he has got used to the sights But the council's plans are causing new worries for him and his neighbours "There are a large concentration of houses that will be affected by odour He added: "They [the council] have said that the odour will be in low wind condition and the contminated dust will be in worse in high wind conditions we'll be getting it one way or another." The Henrietta Street site is used for collecting and sorting recyclable waste The council’s proposing a new waste transfer building at the site which will allow it to meet a Government requirement to collect food waste separately from other household waste But residents fear the plans will lead to more lorries delivering and collecting waste from the site - and more disruption to their lives Lynda Melvin who lives nearby said "The smells and what it's going to do to the town centre it's supposed to be a heritage town and they are doing all these improvements and it's just going to be worse than ever."Residents made their feelings known at a peaceful protest outside the council office on Friday 3rd January insisting they won’t lead to any increase in the amount of waste it handles.Councillor Alyson Barnes Rossendale Council said " We're not changing anything we're still going to be processing the same waste from the same households We're just going to be sorting it differently "I would like to reassure residents that we are looking to improve what they are already if we encase this in a building state the outlook will be improved but I think the general experience will be improved as well It won't be as messy and as smelly as it currently is." with a quantity of illegal tobacco as well as an e-scooter causing anti-social behaviour all being seized Officers carried out a joint parking operation with Lancashire Parking Services outside two local schools during pick-up and drop off times This is following concerns raised by the local community through Lancashire Talking about the safety of children and illegal parking taking place Parents and children were informed of the rules and legalities to ensure people are parking safely and legally when picking up and dropping off children The day of action included officers going out with Trading Standards to address concerns surrounding some businesses in the area conducting inspections at several premises leading to the seizure of a quantity of illegal tobacco two of the premises were found to have illicit tobacco hidden One of the locations has been issued with Community Protection Warnings (CPW) Community engagement played a large part of the day Neighbourhood officers were out on high visibility patrols around Bacup town centre following issues of on street drinking which was a breach of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) Officers were also out engaging with local businesses and raising awareness of those who have been granted a Criminal Behaviour Order for shoplifting Whilst on patrol officers located and seized an e-scooter that had been reported to be causing nuisance in the town centre carrying out anti-social behaviour over the past couple of weeks Local Neighbourhood Sergeant Paul Marsden said: “It’s great that we have been able to remove a quantity of illegal tobacco products from the streets of Bacup “We will continue to actively work with our partner agencies to tackle the issues and concerns of our communities and this day of action is just a small example of the kind of activity we do day-in-day-out “We would encourage the community to continue to report their concerns so that the right agency can take action as those engaging in this illegal activity.” “We would encourage you, if you haven’t done so already, to take our Lancashire Talking survey. You can also sign up to In the Know to keep updated with what’s going on in your area, visit https://www.stayintheknow.co.uk/.”