A man from south Wales has been successfully prosecuted by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) for storing quantities of waste at a site in Caerleon, without an environmental permit.
William Hanson, of Hanson Paving and Development Ltd, was ordered to pay a combined total of £5,782, after pleading guilty as the sole company director to the storing of mixed wastes and hard-core wastes at 115 Nash Road in Caerleon without an environmental permit and for failing to comply with the requirements of a notice to remove the waste.
These are offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.
Officers from NRW first visited the site in April 2023, after receiving reports of illegal waste activity at the site.
Upon arrival they found quantities of mixed waste, including soil, stones, bricks, and construction demolition waste as well as wood, plastic, and tyres. No waste exemptions or environmental permits were in place authorising any kind of waste activity at the site.
Mr. Hanson was served with a notice requiring the wastes be removed.
He was also informed by officers that the keeping or disposal of waste on land without an environmental permit or relevant exemption was unlawful and told that no further waste was to be deposited at the location.
However, during a follow up visit in November 2023, NRW officers found that Mr. Hanson had failed to fully comply with the notice and remove the waste.
Mr. Hanson pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates Court and was sentenced and ordered to pay a fine of £1,173. He was also ordered to pay NRW costs of £4,140 and a victim surcharge of £469, bringing the overall total to £5,782.
Mr. Hanson is currently a serving prisoner. This amount will be payable upon his release.
— Accurate at time of publication | January 2025
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