Rubbish may be dumped at the Sutton Courtenay landfill site for another nine years longer than currently planned.

But villagers have vowed to fight the plan to extend use of the tip until 2030 and increase the capacity of the 182-acre landfill site by a quarter.

The application has been put forward by Waste Recycling Group, the owner of the site at Appleford Sidings, but is being opposed by Sutton Courtenay Parish Council.

Under current planning permission the site must close by 2021.

Mike Jenkins, chairman of the parish council, said: "It would mean more rubbish in the landfill site and, with the possibility of an incinerator, it all adds to the problems. It's going to become an enormous complex. People would be very happy if it just went away."

Peter Manning, 79, of Frilsham Street, said: "I think it's disgusting. We get flies on and off and it's often quite smelly. The village is fed up with it, they want to see the end of it."

Paul Green, senior development manager at Waste Recycling Group, said the plans would improve the environmental performance of the site and eliminate problems with drainage.

He said: "This will be a more sustainable way of managing the site really. Nine years is a long time but the input will decline over time and when recycling initiatives begin, there will be less happening at the site.

"This application is totally unrelated to the incinerator."

Sutton Courtenay is a potential site for an incinerator capable of burning at least 300,000 tonnes of waste each year.