Plans for the Hightown incinerator have been scrapped.

Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly welcomed the announcement and described it as a "significant victory" for north Belfast and south Antrim.

Mr Kelly said: "In my view the huge level of opposition to this proposal for an incinerator being forced upon local people against their wishes and the subsequent campaign really left the Environment Minister with little choice other than to make the decision to refuse approval for the plans.

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"This is the correct decision and it’s one taken on the back of a well organised community campaign and a volume of objections based on logical community concerns."

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