Glasgow haulier loses licence appeal
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GLASGOW TIPPER operator Doonin Plant, which has been ined more than £100,000 for environmental offences, has lost an appeal against the temporary curtailment of its O-licence.
Upper Tribunal Judge Hugh Carlisle upheld the March decision of Scottish Trafic Commissioner (TC) Joan Aitken to cut the authorisation held by the Cambuslang, Glasgow company from 20 to ive vehicles for four months.
The company received four convictions between April 2007 and October 2009 for offences under the Control of Pollution Act 1974, Environmental Protection Act 1990, Water Environment & Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 and Environmental Protection Act 1990.
It was ordered to pay ines totalling £102,800, one of which was for £90,000 for the illegal disposal of materials at the Bardykes Bing site in Cambuslang between January and March 2007.
The materials included paper, wood and plastic as well as items ranging from a bicycle, to a mattress and a bath.
Doonin argued it had numerous waste management exemptions at Bardykes Bing and believed it had been operating within the law. Carlisle said the TC’s decision was not “disproportionate or excessive” and that the four-month curtailment would start on 1 August.