Soil dumped in sea
Tuesday 5th August 2008, 3:00PM BST.
A CRIMINAL investigation has been launched into why hundreds of tonnes of soil and dirt were dumped off the edge of a private road onto a beach.
Planning assistant director Peter Le Gresley confirmed today that lorries which were tipping piles of mud and dirt into the sea at Les Creux, in between St Brelade’s Bay and Beauport, were doing so illegally.
The rubble and dirt is understood to have come from the edge of Le Chemin des Creux and Le Chemin de Beauport, a lane under development which runs from St Brelade’s Church to a number of exclusive properties.
Mr Le Gresley said that whoever authorised GED Spark’s Plant Hire to carry out the work could be prosecuted, as could the company themselves. The planning enforcement team went out to the road to assess the situation yesterday after complaints from residents.
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One rule for the rich…………….
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I would think that you are right Mark. Nothing will happen, they will have a ticking off and that will be it.
Just like the eyesore of a fence in that area. Seems to be a planning free zone, anything goes.
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Surely this is a clear pollution offence under article 17(4) of The Water Pollution Law (Jersey) 2000?
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Great timing for the coastal in bloom judges inspection for st brelades,well done lads just another black spot for the island,or should i say brown slick say no more.
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I believe the Water Pollution Law was the same statute used to block Terry McDonalds World Record attempt and threaten him with the sort of punative measures that would make Stalin proud!
It will be interesting to see how well this crime is investigated and those responsible are prosecuted, given that they may well be rich or connected.
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Will this affect St Brelades Bay water? I was hoping to go down there today…
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I believe we the public are already paying for the clean up operation there.
Will we the public be compensated by the person/persons responsible for the tipping???????????? (ie) pay for the clean up.
But as we all know one rule for the rich where anything goes.
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Its been going on for ages,what does the planning get paid for? lets see what happens. Tell mansell to pack it around the corner and take that ridiculous fence down.
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Nicely put Alphonse Le Gasteloi, maybe Terry McDonald should not listen to what he was told and just go ahead and fire his rockets I mean whats the difference oh yes hes not well connected or rich forgot about that !!
as usual one rule for them and another for us typical, lets Hope Terry has more luck with his court case but unfortunatly I dont think he will I for one wish he would just fire them all and I would give him a hand to do it as well !
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Whatever happened to the Law’s ‘polluter pays’ principle that we heard so much about.
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St Brelade is a finalist in Britain in Bloom 2008. This year they’re in the category for UK coastal resort. They are over today. GREAT! come and look at all the crap thats been dumped on the beach! The person responsable for this should be fined and made to pay for the clear up operation.
Then the person who the work was been done for should be made to pay as well. Unbelivable how certain sections of the island appear to try and get away with things normal people would be punished for. Guarantee the States will try and wash this away like the crap being dumped.
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