In December 2000, temporary social housing residents fly tipped on the triangle of flood plain land adjacent to the rear of 15 Wentworth Street properties. This rubbish contained soiled nappies, hypodermic needles, soiled mattresses, rotting household waste and piled up dustbin liners overflowing with evil smelling waste. Erewash Borough Council publicly REFUSED to take any action as in their view it did not constitute a health hazard and was not classed as litter.

Technical Services

"If it becomes a health hazard then Environmental Health would become involved."

ON THE 15th OF MARCH 2001 EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL STATED:

Environmental Health

"We have had a look at it and it does not constitute a statutory nuisance."

Technical Services

"It is essentially a private matter”

Environmental Health

"We asked Technical Services...There is nothing they can do under litter legislation."

Technical Services

"There is nothing we can do at the

"moment..."

THIS FLY TIPPING WAS LEFT TO COLONISE FOR ALMOST 6 YEARS. ON THE 4th OF SEPTEMBER 2006 EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL SUDDENLY STARTED TO PILE THE DEBRIS INTO A HEAP READY FOR REMOVAL. AFTER SIX YEARS EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL HAD FINALLY DECIDED IT WAS A HEALTH HAZARD AFTER ALL.

The triangle of flood plain land the fly tipping had colonised contained a mature, well established copse of trees. These trees created a valuable wildlife barrier on land which served as a buffer between residential and complete heavy industrial encroachment. As the fly tipping was finally going to be removed, the residents saw an opportunity to also improve the area their gardens backed on to by clearing the remaining accumulation of debris away and planting additional trees to add to the existing vegetation. On Sunday the 10th of September 2006 the residents worked on a voluntary basis, and at their own cost hired a mechanical digger to clear the remainder of almost six years of neglect away.

Less than 24-hours later at EXACTLY the same time as EBC was removing the fly tipping on the 11th of September 2006, contractors previously hired by Rayden Engineering was installing a 2.4 metre steel palisade security fencing around the whole previously fly-tipped site.

Not only did Rayden Engineering ignore the residents obviously staked out intention to occupy and improve the land, but also trespassed onto the 1937 established easement boundary attached to the entire row of 15 properties, thus acquiring an additional strip of land. This 69 year old established easement was clearly staked out with bunting from the previous day and Rayden Engineering's own Title Deeds also show the exact width of the easement which had just been taken from the residents.

Nearly six years after this fly-tipping had first taken place and Erewash Borough Council refused to take any remedial action - Erewash Borough Council stated:

"We are pleased to have been able to undertake the

clearance of the considerable fly tipped waste...."

The "disused brown field

site" prior to development.

Then instead of taking Enforcement Action to remove a 2.4m palisade fence erected without planning permission, EBC made Rayden Engineering paint it an "invisible" green so we would not notice it!

EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL TAKE SIX YEARS TO DECIDE...

ONCE UPON A TIME.....

WITH

RAYDEN ENGINEERING

AND

EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL.

EREWASH BOROUGH COUNCIL HAS ENJOYED THE TRADITIONAL SILLY SEASON SO MUCH THAT THEY HAVE VOTED AN AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE PANTOMIME SEASON FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR....AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT IN A GESTURE OF GOODWILL TOWARD THEIR CITIZENS.