The 2,000 tonnes of waste on Bowbridge Road is finally being removed.
A mountain of rubbish illegally dumped in Newark is finally being removed.
The waste mountain — an estimated 2,000 tonnes of material — has been stored at 293 Bowbridge Road for four years without permission.
It is believed it is predominantly inert household and commercial waste.
An appeal against a Nottinghamshire County Council notice ordering the site’s clearance was dismissed by a planning inspector in April.
The council issued an enforcement notice on landowner, Newark Care (Notts) Ltd in May 2018, ordering the waste to be removed, but it was appealed by the landowner.
In dismissing the appeal, planning inspector ordered that no further waste should be deposited on the site and all existing material must be removed within three months.
Jonathan Smith, the council’s development management team manager, said: “The waste should have been removed by July 1, following the planning inspector’s decision.
“While not all the waste has been removed from the site within these timescales, progress has been made to clear the site and this is continuing.
“We can confirm that the waste is being taken to an authorised landfill site.
“The county council is currently keeping matters under close observation and our expectation is that operations to clear the site continue over the coming weeks in order to bring this matter to a conclusion.
“If clean-up operations were to stop before being completed, we would have to review our position and the need to take further enforcement action would be considered.”
Waste started to appear on the site in February 2015 and was subject of an investigation by the Environment Agency as part of a nationwide operation.
Samples indicated the waste, stacked in blue and white synthetic hessian bulk bags, is mainly plastics.
There is also medical waste such as sanitary towels and saline bags, as well as metals, fabrics, timber, cardboard, paper, other packaging, building materials, soils, and there is some contamination with food waste.
Environmental health officers at Newark and Sherwood District Council received complaints about odour, flies and vermin infestation.
The land is allocated for 66 homes.
