Environmental objector denied pumping raw sewage into yard
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• A neighbour
ing resident denied pumping raw sewage into the yard of Nottinghamshire tipper operators Eric Elliott Transport when the company appeared at a Nottingham public inquiry.
Following complaints from neighbours, North Eastern Deputy Traffic Commissioner Mark Hinchliffe was reviewing the use of the company's operating centre at Hill Road, Gotham, where it is authorised to operate 14 vehicles and three trailers.
He was shown 45 minutes of video recordings to back up residents complaints about noise, fumes, dust, smell and pollution from the seepage of stinking dirty water and oil into gardens. They complained about being woken as early as 03:45hrs by lorries leaving the depot and claimed that undertakings given at a previous public inquiry had not been complied with. Peter Hallam, who lives next to the site, alleged that managing director Eric Elliott would not do anything to alleviate the problems until he was forced to, adding that statutory noise and nuisance notices had been served on the company Denying that he had been found pumping raw sewage into the company's yard, Hallam said that he written to the National Rivers Authority about the allegation and had heard nothing further.
Ian Rothera, for the company, said that Hallam had had his house built next to an established 24-hour haulage business and should have anticipated the activities that were being carried on there.
The hearing was adjourned until a date to be fixed.