A decision over the fate of a closure-threatened recycling centre will be made in October - but council leaders have still not revealed the results of public consultation over the move to shut it.

When Norfolk County Council agreed its budget earlier this year, it scrapped controversial plans to save £200,000 to shut all recycling centres on Wednesdays.

But the Conservative-controlled authority instead mooted the closure of Mayton Wood recycling centre, near Coltishall, to save £70,000.

Eastern Daily Press: Mayton Wood Recycling Centre is facing the axeMayton Wood Recycling Centre is facing the axe (Image: Antony Kelly)

Councillors said people could use the recently-opened Norwich North Recycling Centre instead.

Six weeks of public consultation over the potential closure took place from May.

But the matter has yet to come to a meeting for a decision and the council has still not revealed the public consultation results.

A council spokesman said the matter will come before the cabinet for a decision on Monday, October 2, with the council's scrutiny committee due to discuss waste services in general on September 20.

Eastern Daily Press: Liberal Democrat county councillor Dan RoperLiberal Democrat county councillor Dan Roper (Image: Dan Roper)

However, Liberal Democrat county councillor Dan Roper, who represents nearby Hevingham and Spixworth division, said: "I have yet to speak to a single local resident who is in favour of closure, so I am hoping that the cabinet will see sense."

Steve Morphew, leader of the Labour group said: "There does seem to be an overwhelming amount of support for keeping it open and I hope the cabinet will get on and make that decision."

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Since Norwich North, off the Norwich Northern Distributor Road, opened in 2021, there had been a "significant drop" of just over a third in the numbers using Mayton Wood, council officers said.

Eastern Daily Press: The Norwich North Recycling CentreThe Norwich North Recycling Centre (Image: Archant)

At a council meeting earlier this year, the Tory group was accused, by Labour councillor Terry Jermy, of breaking an election pledge to keep recycling centres open.

Eastern Daily Press: Eric Vardy, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for environment and wasteEric Vardy, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for environment and waste (Image: Supplied by the Conservatives)

Eric Vardy, cabinet member for environment and waste, said the county council was committed to increasing recycling and had spent about £15m in recent years on new and improved recycling centres.