Mr Teale, who trades as Kingscourt Developments, Beacon Road, Poulton Industrial Estate, Poulton-le-Fylde, was also ordered on to pay 1,750 costs to the Environment Agency, which brought the prosecution on Wednesday this week.
Anthony Eyers, prosecuting for the Agency, told Blackpool Magistrates’ Court that the defendant had contacted the Environment Agency in April 1997 as he wanted to build a car park on land off Medlar Lane, Esprick.
The car park was to be 100 metres long and 30 metres wide, and its construction would be exempt from Waste Management Licensing if materials such as uncontaminated concrete, brick, gravel, rock and soils were used.
However, the Agency began an investigation into the site following reports, from Fylde Borough Council, that unsuitable material had been included in waste tipped at the site.
The court was told that Agency Environment Protection Officer Paul Shelton went to the site. He found the dimensions of the car park were far greater than had been agreed with Mr Teale, and that unsuitable waste had been used in its construction.
The Environment Agency asked Mr Teale for information about waste deposited at the site as part of the car park construction work, but the defendant’s reply was incomplete.
Blackpool magistrates heard that the Agency dug 12 trial pits at the site as part of its investigation. Nine of them revealed evidence of unsuitable material having been disposed off on the site.
Mr Eyers told the court that Mr Teale’s business meant he must have been aware of the legal requirements for dumping such material. He said the controls were in place to protect the environment, in case the waste breaks down and causes pollution.
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