A new move to close down a Boosbeck abattoir is set to be put before councillors.
Councillor Dave Williams will table a motion to discontinue operations at the Banaras Halal Meats (BHM) slaughterhouse in Boosbeck, at Thursday’s regulatory committee meeting.
The £3m slaughterhouse has faced major opposition from locals after plans were unveiled in 2011 to revive the dormant facility.
Despite a two-year court battle, the site began operating last February.
Cllr Williams, an independent who represents the Westworth ward, said: “I am putting forward a Section 102 discontinuation of use order.
“The abattoir has been a nightmare for local people, the noise, the smell, the traffic.
"I’m getting calls as a councillor at 3am to 4am in the morning with complaints.
“Once I have tabled the motion, the planning committee will then discuss it and if they agree it will go to the Secretary of State for a decision.
"They are very rare - as far as I can see, there are only three or four that have been granted in the last ten years or so.
“It has been difficult to get this far - now I have the chance to argue the case.”
Helen McLuckie, Redcar and Cleveland Council’s cabinet member for highways, planning and transport, said: “Legal and planning officers have explored the issues surrounding the legislation and a motion will be considered by the regulatory committee on Thursday.”
Dozens of Boosbeck villagers are expected to attend the meeting, to be held at 10am at the new Redcar civic Heart building.
Resident Neville Brown, who lives on Oxford Street, close to the abattoir, said: “We have been battling for two-and-a-half years to get the council to listen to us and it has taken that time to get a motion before the planning committee.
“It will ask the council to discontinue use of the abattoir because of the affect it has been having on residents' lives.
“It is a 24-hour operation.
"The noise has been keeping people up at night.
"It has been a nightmare living with it in the village.”
Responding to complaints, Cllr McLuckie continued: “Planning enforcement and environmental protection teams have investigated a number of complaints but there is no evidence a statutory nuisance has occurred.”
Nobody at Banaras Halal Meats was available for comment.
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