With Chatham-Kent senior administrators recently meeting with a York1 representative, and given recently filed litigation, councillors heard an update on the proposed landfill and recycling centre in the Dresden area.

Emily Crawford, Chatham-Kent’s director of legal services, said Monday the municipality’s position is that if York1 proceeds with the project, that they follow the Planning Act approval processes that rest with council.

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“That has been reiterated to York1 several times,” she said. “On Nov. 14, administration was served with a court application in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice here in Chatham.

“They’ll be seeking a court order that they are exempt from those Planning Act approval processes. … Their position is that because of prior activities on t

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