23/03/2006 - A man who made a
false declaration to the Environment Agency in an
attempt to obtain a waste carriers licence for his
new company has been fined and ordered to pay costs
of
£4,000 after appearing before
magistrates in Bournemouth today.
Philip Pidgley was involved in
the removal of controlled waste with his company
FDS Waste Services Limited, of Ferndown in Dorset
in June 2005.
He applied to register as a carrier
of waste but provided information which was reckless
providing false information contrary to Section
7 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989
and that it was committed with his consent or connivance.
Mr Pidgely had been the managing
director of Ferndown Demolition and Salvage at the
time that two convictions had been obtained against
that company. An application was received by the
Environment Agency for a company called FDS Waste
Services Ltd. The managing director was recorded
as Philip Pidgely.
The form was fully filled out
and a declaration that no relevant persons had been
convicted of a relevant offence had been clearly
ticked.
When interviewed by Environment
Officers Mr Pidgely admitted he had signed the form.
He also admitted that he was a relevant person when
his previous company was convicted but claimed that
the form had been filled out wrongly by someone
else and that he had not read the form before he
signed it.
Philip Pidgley, the director of
FDS Waste Services, of Christchurch Road, West Parley,
Ferndown, appeared before Bournemouth magistrates
today. He pleaded not guilty to the offence.
He was convicted by the magistrates,
fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £2,000
in costs.
Clive Clasby from the Environment
Agency said: "Making a false declaration is
a serious offence as Mr Pidgely could have obtained
a carriers registration for his new company without
the application receiving the detailed examination
it merited.
"He was clearly reckless
in the provision of inaccurate information and he
has previously failed to fill in a form correctly
and has also previously claimed that he had not
been convicted of environmental offences."
