{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/784030.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":784030,"attributes":{"action":"Stop the Wastewise (Biowise) Willerby Expansion","background":"Call for stricter laws on industrial waste sites to protect communities from severe pollution. It demands the government amend planning laws to block expansions of facilities with open odour complaints, and grants regulators powers to penalise or halt non-compliant operat","additional_details":"We demand strict, enforceable penalties for the ongoing, persistent odours that ruin our quality of life.\r\nOperators want to expand the facility to handle up to 125,000 tonnes of extra commercial and sorting waste. If they cannot control the smell now, they cannot be trusted with a massive expansion. Residents are forced to live with their windows and doors shut, are unable to sit in or tend to their own gardens, and cannot even drive through their own neighbourhoods with their car windows down without being subjected to vile, nauseating stenches.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":21,"created_at":"2026-10-08T06:50:57.198Z","updated_at":"2026-10-29T14:50:23.792Z","rejected_at":"2026-10-29T14:50:11.474Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-10-08T07:58:30.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"local","details":"We can’t accept petitions that call for action at a local level.\r\n\r\nYou could ask your MP to take action on your concerns about this issue, including by asking them to present a public (paper) petition about this.\r\n\r\nYou can find contact details for your local MP here: https://members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP\r\n\r\nAnd you can find out how to ask your MP to present a public (paper) petition here: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/sign-a-petition/paper-petitions/\r\n\r\nYou could also raise your issue with a local councillor who represents you. You can use this page to find out who your local councillors are, and how to contact them: https://www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}