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A controversial incinerator will be built in Plymouth, after plans were consented by councillors in a six-hour debate.

MW Environment Devonport Limited will begin building the plant next year, with council chiefs hoping that its introduction will save taxpayers £275 million, while preventing cuts to frontline services, reports the Plymouth Herald.

The plant has been met by opposition, with Plymouth Moor View Labour MP Allison Seabeck one of those who are against the premises.

Ms Seabeck told the newspaper: "I don't think it was a decision that really took into consideration the damage that this plant could potentially do to people's lives.

"It's pretty exceptional to have any building of that size this close to people's houses."

In recent weeks, energy minister Charles Hendry approved the development of a power station in Yorkshire.

The 53MW power station in Pollington will be fuelled by 360,000 tonnes of waste wood annually, with stock delivered to the premises via the Aire and Calder Navigation Canal.