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02/08/2013
Businessman Fined Over Damage To Ancient Woods
Natural England has won its case against a businessman in Cumbria who was found to have caused damage to an ancient woodland on his land.
Philip Day was order to pay a fine of £450,000 and court fees of £475,000 in connection with the felling of trees and the excavation of land in order to build an access track in Gelt Woods.
The 47-year-old businessman, who owns Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has claimed that he was trying to make safe a riverbank following a landslip.
Prosecutors claimed that the track was created to allow access for shooting.
(MH/JP)
Philip Day was order to pay a fine of £450,000 and court fees of £475,000 in connection with the felling of trees and the excavation of land in order to build an access track in Gelt Woods.
The 47-year-old businessman, who owns Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has claimed that he was trying to make safe a riverbank following a landslip.
Prosecutors claimed that the track was created to allow access for shooting.
(MH/JP)
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