No longer operational, the foundry has the appearance of a dumping ground for industrial waste including piles of car tyres, old petrol drums, metal pipes and plastic strewn across the ground.

However, on Monday Steve Yarrow, a director of site owner Roply Investments, said the area would be cleaned up within two weeks.

Mr Yarrow said the property had been leased to be used as a tyre collection point but the lease had since ended.

"We have taken action to process the remaining tyres over the next two weeks and to clean the place up and build fences so it is no longer an eyesore to our neighbours," he said.

"We're not happy and we understand the people of Trentham are not happy.

"But I have dropped everything to get it cleaned up."

Last week Trentham Fire Brigade Captain Brian Smith said he was concerned that there was no-one on the site.

"There would be a toxic plume of smoke if it ever caught fire and we'd have issues with water running off into local streams," he said.

Shire chief executive officer Kaylene Conrick said the council had been in discussion with the site's leasee in April regarding complaints about noise and mess.

"It is council's understanding that the leasee has been responsible for both the noise and unsightly premises issue," she said.

"Council has been in touch with the owner of the property requesting the property be cleaned up by November 11.

"The property owner has been very cooperative to date and is endeavouring to clean up the site.

"Should this not occur, the final avenue available to council is to make an application for an enforcement order to VCAT (Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal)."

The foundry was founded in 1887 by the Trewhella brothers, Ben and Billy.

The brothers arrived in Victoria from Cornwall, England, during the gold rush and later took up a property.

It was here that they invented the Trewhella jack and stump grubber to clear trees from their land.

They then set up the foundry to make and sell their invention.