A DEMOLITION company was yesterday fined £700 for dumping building waste on a farm and failing to keep accurate paperwork.
Tyne Tees Demolition Ltd admitted depositing timber recovered from a demolition site on unauthorised land and two counts of having false details on transfer notes.
The company, which is based on the Faverdale Industrial Estate in Darlington, was working for the Ministry of Defence demolishing Army barrack buildings in Catterick Garrison last October.
A driver from the company was approached by a local farmer who asked for any unwanted good wood to be saved and taken to his farm, in Catton, Thirsk, to be used to rebuild chicken huts.
When the wood was delivered, farm staff did not realise it was meant for re-use and burned it, which brought it to the attention of Environment Agency inspectors.
On investigation, the agency was given two transfer notes that suggested material was delivered to an authorised Darlington plant. However, the company denied receiving material on the dates in question.
Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court was told that the driver involved had been inexperienced and that workers had created the two notes to cover themselves, but instead it got the company into more trouble.
Joseph O'Brien, for the company, said that Tyne Tees Demolition Ltd had issued workers with copies of regulations and the firm had not secured Ministry of Defence contracts since the incident.
The company was fined £200 for illegally depositing waste and £250 for both charges of false information on transfer notes. It was also ordered to pay £600 costs.
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