First pictures have been revealed of the rear of a property owned by former football boss Glenn Tamplin after as much as 15,000 tonnes of waste was dumped on it.
The former manager of Billericay Town FC Glenn Tamplin has been handed an enforcement notice after as much as 15,000 tonnes of waste was found dumped on his land in Abridge.
Mr Tamplin has until November to remove the waste from 140 London Road, known as “Bliss Heights”.
The former manager and owner of Billericay Town FC and former owner of Romford FC has another month after that to return the land to its previous condition.
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Records show that Bliss Heights is registered to Glenn David Tamplin.
There is no indication that Mr Tamplin is responsible for the dumping of the waste.
Essex County Council Development and Regulation Committee also heard that the land has been taken over by creditors and all relevant parties have been made aware of the enforcement notice.
The Essex County Council enforcement notice served on April 11 will take effect on the May 18, 2022, unless an appeal is made against it beforehand.
The Enforcement Notice requires waste to be removed from the land within six months and the land to be restored to its condition prior to the commencement of the unauthorised development within seven months.
It comes after a joint site inspection with the Environment Agency, Epping Forest District Council and Essex Fire and Rescue Service on March 29, 2022, that found that roughly 10,000 to 15,000 tonnes of waste made up of trommel fines and soils had been deposited on the site.
The waste it is understood had been brought on to the site between December 2021 and February 2022. In early 2014 the landowner and a waste company were prosecuted by the Environment Agency for the illegal deposit of waste at this site.
Enforcement officer George Stockdale told the committee on April 22: “The waste material has bee brought onto site without the benefit of planning permission and planning permission wold not likely to be granted in retrospect.
“Then Essex County Council as the waste planning authority served an enforcement notice on the land owner and the other relevant parties interested in the land
“This enforcement notice will take effect on May 18 unless an appeal is made against it beforehand.
“The notice requires the activities to cease.
“The site has been taken over by a company through creditors. They have installed 24 hour security. The gates are locked and blocked off so hopefully nothing will be coming in.
“It has ceased since February so from that aspect we are quite happy the new creditors are quite switched on so nothing can come in.
“All waste materials includinh soils, trommel fines, building waste, concrete, hardcore and other mixed waste shall be removed from the land within six months with the land restored to its prior condition within seven months.
“We will be continuing to work with the Environment Agency as they continue their investigation into the operators and ensure the enforcement notice is met and if not we will be taking it further.”
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