{"id":36593,"date":"2023-05-26T17:51:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36593"},"modified":"2023-05-26T17:51:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T16:51:45","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-national-housebuilder-fined-nearly-500000-for-polluting-river-in-pontypool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36593","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: National housebuilder fined nearly \u00a3500,000 for polluting river in Pontypool"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21249\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/house_construction_open_governent_licence_v3-300x150.png\" alt=\"house construction\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/>Housebuilding firm Taylor Wimpey has been fined \u00a3488,772 for failing to prevent numerous incidents which led to the pollution of a river in Pontypool, reports <em>Wales Online.<\/em><\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 multiple incidents were caused by illegal water discharge\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Wales Online<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>The multiple incidents were caused by illegal water discharge activities which occurred at the Edlogan Wharf site, situated along Bevan Road in Sebastopol, between January and October, 2021&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026.A warning letter was then served to Taylor Wimpey on February 23 and May 13\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, over the following months, there were a further six confirmed incidents and five unconfirmed ones relating to pollution caused, or allegedly caused, by silty water discharging from the Edlogan Wharf development site\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Susan Lenthall, environment officer for Natural Resources Wales said: \u201cEnvironmental regulations are in place to help protect people, wildlife, our rivers, and land. The construction industry has a duty of care to the communities in which they operate, to ensure the correct controls and safeguards are in place in order to prevent incidents such as these occurring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, Taylor Wimpey were made fully aware by NRW officers of the requirements\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this fine will send out a clear message that environmental legislation is to be taken seriously.\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/national-housebuilder-fined-nearly-500000-26837669\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housebuilding firm Taylor Wimpey has been fined \u00a3488,772 for failing to prevent numerous incidents which led to the pollution of a river in Pontypool, reports Wales Online. image: for illustration &#8211; Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36594,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36593\/revisions\/36594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}