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Allegation of fly-tipping.
lythrodondas
Posts: 4 Newbie
Hi all - apologies if this is the wrong board, but previous fly-tipping issues have been posted here!
Bought a new house last summer and commissioned a professional builders' firm to undertake renovation work, including removal of an interior wall and external items (coal bunker, brick shed and lean-to). Budgeted and paid for disposal and agreed that a skip would be hired. We were offsite until September, when we moved into the house, and I met the builder most weeks for a progress update.
In October we received a letter inviting us to respond to questions under caution as apparently waste had been disposed of illegally - in a different borough - and had included old post to the address. The builder, with whom the relationship has since broken down, claims to have Waste Transfer Notes for disposals but refused to release them to us on request.
I have now received a second letter to go in for questioning shortly. From what I have researched, on one hand I took all reasonable actions to have waste disposed of properly, but on the other hand I am mindful that local authorities are cracking down on this area, and in particular to avoid homeowners deliberately evading responsibility. Any views on what I should do, or how much trouble I am likely to be in, would be appreciated.
Bought a new house last summer and commissioned a professional builders' firm to undertake renovation work, including removal of an interior wall and external items (coal bunker, brick shed and lean-to). Budgeted and paid for disposal and agreed that a skip would be hired. We were offsite until September, when we moved into the house, and I met the builder most weeks for a progress update.
In October we received a letter inviting us to respond to questions under caution as apparently waste had been disposed of illegally - in a different borough - and had included old post to the address. The builder, with whom the relationship has since broken down, claims to have Waste Transfer Notes for disposals but refused to release them to us on request.
I have now received a second letter to go in for questioning shortly. From what I have researched, on one hand I took all reasonable actions to have waste disposed of properly, but on the other hand I am mindful that local authorities are cracking down on this area, and in particular to avoid homeowners deliberately evading responsibility. Any views on what I should do, or how much trouble I am likely to be in, would be appreciated.
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