Farmer fined £2,000 for burning and burying waste on his own land
A farmer has been fined £2,000 for burning and burying waste on his land in Staffordshire.
Cannock Magistrates Court heard that on November 8, 2022 an environmental health officer spotted black smoke rising from a large fire on farmland off Fisherwick Road, Whittington, owned by Frank Gray.
Unable to access the land, the officer from Lichfield District Council returned the following day to find the fire still smouldering and discovered, within the remains, tractor tyres, a chemical drum, scaffold pole, gas meter box, wire fencing and cables.
Further visits were made involving another environmental health officer who was already investigating reports that at the same site on November 5, 2022, a member of the public was hit by a firework during an organised display.
