Housebuilder hit with fine for construction pollution
A Leeds-based house building company has been fined £120,000 for polluting a watercourse at a Huddersfield construction site.
Harron Homes was sentenced at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on Monday after admitting one charge of causing illegal discharges from its Farriers Croft estate in 2015.
The Environment Agency prosecuted the firm after investigating reports of contaminated run-off which was entering a tributary of Grimescar Dyke.
Rosalind Emsley-Smith, prosecuting for the Environment Agency, told the court that an officer v... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
