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Penalties imposed and undertakings accepted

 

Type of penalty
Number imposed* (running total)
Total amount
Fixed monetary penalties 91  £45,900
Variable monetary penalties  2 £9,700

* Imposed: this is the number of penalties that have been served.

Type of undertaking Number accepted (running total) Number of non-compliance certificates imposed(running total)
Enforcement undertakings 19  1
VMP undertakings Not published Not published

Tables of penalties imposed

Type of penalty Name and address Date of penalty Details of offence/breach Penalty amount Penalty documentation
           
Fixed monetary penalty Robert Main Ellen, Muir of Ord, IV6 2 August 2023 Unauthorised Controlled Activity – discharge of sewage effluent into watercourse £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Sands Caravan and Camping Limited, Gairloch, Wester Ross, IV21 2 August 2023 Unauthorised Controlled Activity – discharge of sewage effluent into watercourse £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Mr Barry Bain, Inverness, IV63 1 August 2023 Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of the Environment Act 1995 £300 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty GMR Henderson Builders Ltd, Wick, Caithness, KW1 31 July 2023 Failure to comply with the requirements of section 34(6) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Regulation 3 of the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 £300 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Bellway Homes Limited, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 26 July 2023 Failure to comply with or contravene a condition of a water use licence £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Tough Construction Limited, Glasgow, G15 26 July 2023 Failure to comply with or contravene a condition of a water use licence £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty The Firm of D & J Thomson, Aberfeldy, PH15 15 June 2023 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Anthony Barclay, Musselburgh, EH21 16 May 2023 Transporting controlled waste in the course of business, or otherwise with a view to profit, without being registered as a carrier of controlled waste. £300 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Bradley Morgan, Kinross, KY13 16 May 2023 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty The Good House Company Scotland Limited, Kinross, KY14 09 May 2023 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Variable monetary penalty

Mr James Roberts Marshall, Perth, PH2

4 May 2023 Knowingly causing or permitting the disposing of controlled waste when no waste management licence authorising such disposal was in place £3,500 VMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Mr Ian Robert Munro, Alness, IV17 23 January 2023 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Stella's Voice, Clanfield, PO8 11 January 2023 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty George Steel Contract Services Limited, Falkirk, FK2 6 January 2023 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice

Type of penalty Name and address Date of penalty Details of offence/breach Penalty amount  Penalty documentation
Fixed monetary penalty Hamilton Contracting Services Limited, Hamilton, ML3 11 November 2022 Failure to comply with or contravene a General Binding Rule £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Jools Kirkland, Dunblane, FK15 18 October 2022 Transporting controlled waste in the course of business, or otherwise with a view to profit, without being registered as a carrier of controlled waste. £300 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Michael Manson Dingwall, IV15 17 October 2022 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Variable monetary penalty Patersons of Greenoakhill Limited, Gartsherrie Road, Coatbridge, ML5 2EU 10 October 2022 Failure to comply with a condition of a PPC permit - offensive odours. £6,200  VMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty The firm of Thomas Paul and Sons, Perth, PH1 20 September 2022 Failure to comply with or contravene a General Binding Rule £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Keithick Farms Limited Keithick Coupar Angus Blairgowrie PH13 9ME 10 August 2022 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Janice Gallagher Newarthill ML1 21 July 2022 Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of the Environment Act 1995 £300 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Graham Construction Management Limited The Barn Stonehouse Larkhall ML9 3PH 28 June 2022 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Keith McKenzie Aberdeen AB16 20 June 2022 Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of the Environment Act 1995 £300 FMP Final Notice
Fixed monetary penalty Information not published 12 May 2022 Unauthorised Controlled Activity - building or engineering works in inland waters £600 Information not published
Fixed monetary penalty Information not published 03 May 2022 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 Information not published

Fixed monetary penalty

Culraven Limited Kirkcudbright DG6 4SG 2 May 2022 Failure to comply with or contravene a General Binding rule £600 FMP Final Notice

Fixed monetary penalty

Andrew Gray (Perth) Limited Shore Road Perth PH2 8BQ 18 March 2022 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 Information not published

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published 18 March 2022 Disposing of controlled waste by burning £600 Information not published

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published 4 March 2022 Failure to furnish SEPA with copies of documents requested in a notice under section 34(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Regulation 6 of the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) (Scotland) Regulations 2014. £300 Information not published

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published 18 February 2022 Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of Environment Act 1995 £300 Information not published
Fixed monetary penalty Information not published 18 February 2022 Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of Environment Act 1995 £300 Information not published
Fixed monetary penalty Information not published 11 February 2022 Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of Environment Act 1995 £300 Information not published

Type of penalty

Name and Address

Date of penalty

Details of offence/breach

Penalty amount

Fixed monetary penalty

Leadketty Fruit Limited, Leadketty Farm, Dunning, Perthshire, PH2 0QP

14 November 2021

Disposing of controlled waste by burning

£600

Fixed
monetary penalty

Stanley Brash Construction Limited, Cavalry Park, Peebles, Peebleshire, EH45 9BU

8 June 2021

Failure to comply with condition of CAR registration

£600

Fixed
monetary penalty

J. & E. Smillie (Growers) Limited, Ruthven Road Crossing, Ruthvenfield, Perth, PH1 3JP

6 June 2021

Unauthorised controlled activity – abstraction

£600

 

Type of penalty

Name and address

Date of penalty

Details of offence/breach

Penalty amount

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

25 November 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – discharge of slurry into watercourse

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

25 November 2020

Inadequate slurry storage capacity

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

4 September 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – building or engineering works in inland waters

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Malcolm Stewart Limited, Small Holm Burn, Hightae, Lockerbie, DG11 1JY

20 March 2020

Causing or permitting contravention of a GBR

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

3
March 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – building or engineering works in inland waters

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

30
January 2020

Failure to comply with a requirement under Section 108 of Environment Act 1995

£300

Fixed monetary penalty

Solway Plant Hire Limited, 121 Moffat Street, Glasgow, G5 0ND

7
January 2020

Depositing controlled waste when no waste management licence authorising such disposal was in place

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

6
January 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – building or engineering works in inland waters

£600

 

Type of penalty

Name and address

Date of penalty

Details of offence/breach

Penalty amount

Fixed monetary penalty

D Geddes (Contractors) Ltd, Swirlburn, Colliston, by Arbroath, Angus, DD11 3SH

13 December 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a Permit

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

D Geddes (Contractors) Ltd, Swirlburn, Colliston, by Arbroath, Angus, DD11 3SH

13 December 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a Permit

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

D Geddes (Contractors) Ltd, Swirlburn, Colliston, by Arbroath, Angus, DD11 3SH

13 December 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a Permit

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

D Geddes (Contractors) Ltd, Swirlburn, Colliston, by Arbroath, Angus, DD11 3SH

13 December 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a Permit

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

21 November 2019

Unauthorised controlled activity – building or engineering works in inland waters

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

21 November 2019

Unauthorised controlled activity – building or engineering works in inland waters

£600

Fixed monetary penalty

Information not published

20 November 2019

Failure to comply with a requirement imposed under section 108 of the Environment Act 1995

£300

Fixed
monetary penalty

Scottish Water, Castle House, 6 Castle Drive, Carnegie Campus, Dunfermline, KY11 8GG

23 August 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a permit 

£600

Fixed
monetary penalty

Drax Generation Enterprise Limited (formerly ScottishPower Generation Limited), 13 Queens Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4YL

23 August 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a permit

£600

Fixed
monetary penalty

Drax Generation Enterprise Limited (formerly ScottishPower Generation Limited), 13 Queens Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4YL

23 August 2019

Failure to comply with a condition of a permit

£600

Fixed
monetary penalty

Central Demolition Recycling Limited, Central House, Chatton Industrial Estate, Bonnyside Road, Bonnybridge, FK4 2AG

2 August 2019

Failure
to comply with a condition of a Permit

£600

 

 Notes

  1. Except where otherwise stated in our policy, information will be published for six years and then removed.
  2. A link will be provided from the table to copies of all penalty notices.
  3. We will not publish:  
    • information about any 'Notice of intent' issued for a FMP, a VMP or a GGETS, F-GAS, ESOS or CORSIA penalty;
    • until a reasonable time after the period for making an appeal has expired or when that appeal has been withdrawn or determined;
    • cases which have been overturned on appeal;
    • full addresses, signatures, personal telephone numbers and personal email addresses.

Tables of undertakings

Type of undertaking Name and address Date undertaking accepted by SEPA Details of offence Legislation breached Enforcement undertaking documentation
Enforcement undertaking Epsotech UK Ltd, Cliftonhall Road, Newbridge, Edinburgh, EH28 8PW 26 October 2023 Failure to register as a Packaging Producer Regulation 40 (1) (a) (b) and (c) of The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007.

Acceptance Letter

Enforcement Undertaking

Type of undertaking Name and address Date undertaking accepted by SEPA Details of offence Legislation breached Enforcement undertaking documentation
Enforcement undertaking William Grant and Sons Distillers Limited, Strathclyde Business Park, Phoenix Crescent, Bellshill, ML4 3AN 12 December 2022 Unauthorised controlled activity - discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1)(a) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Acceptance Letter

Enforcement Undertaking

Enforcement undertaking Information not published 28 October 2022 Unauthorised controlled activity - discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1)(a) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Acceptance Letter

Enforcement Undertaking

Enforcement undertaking Chivas Brothers Limited 111-113 Renfrew Road, Paisley, PA3 4DY 10 August 2022 Unauthorised controlled activity - discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1) (a) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities)(Scotland) Regulations 2011

Acceptance Letter

Enforcement Undertaking

Enforcement undertaking George Leslie Limited, Blackbyres Road, Barrhead, Glasgow, G781DU 8 February 2022 Unauthorised controlled activity – discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Acceptance letter

Enforcement undertaking

Confirmation letter

Compliance letter

Enforcement undertaking

Story Contracting Limited, Burgh Road Industrial Estate, Carlisle, CA27NA

3 February 2022 Failure to comply with a water use licence (including any condition imposed) Regulation 44(1)(d) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Acceptance letter

Enforcement undertaking

Additional information

Compliance letter

Type of undertaking Name and Address Date undertaking accepted by SEPA Details of offence Legislation Breached Enforcement undertaking documentation
Enforcement undertaking

Scottish Water, Castle House, 6 Castle Drive, Carnegie Campus, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 8GG

12 July 2021 Unauthorised controlled activity - discharge to the water environment Regulation 44(1) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Enforcement Undertaking

Acceptance Letter

Type of undertaking

Name and address

Date undertaking accepted by SEPA

Details of offence

Legislation breached

Enforcement undertaking documentation

Enforcement undertaking

 

Breedon Northern Limited, Ethiebeaton Quarry, Kingennie, Monifieth, Angus DD5 3RB

11 December 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1)(a) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Acceptance Letter

Enforcement Undertaking

Enforcement undertaking

Avant Homes (Scotland) Limited, Argyll Court, The Castle Business Park, Stirling, Scotland, FK9 4TT

26 October 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

 

Enforcement undertaking

Diageo Scotland Limited, Edinburgh Park, 5 Lochside Way, Edinburgh, EH12 9DT

24 September 2020

Unauthorised controlled activity – discharge to the water environment

Regulation 44(1) of the Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2011

 

Enforcement undertaking

Tarmac Trading Limited, Portland House Bickenhill Lane, Solihull, Birmingham, B37 7BQ 

11 September 2020

Keeping of Controlled Waste other than in accordance with a Waste Management Licence 

Environmental Protection Act 1990 Section 33 (1) (b)

 

A link has been supplied to the Enforcement Undertaking documentation, however, should you require any further details please use our online contact form.  

Notes:

  1. Information will be published for six years and then removed.
  2. A link will be provided from the table to copies of all undertakings.
  3. We will not publish:
    • information about an undertaking that has been offered but not accepted by us;
    • cases which have been overturned on appeal;
    • in relation to Enforcement Undertakings: personal names and addresses, signatures, personal telephone numbers and personal e-mail addresses;
    • in relation to VMPUs: full addresses, signatures, personal telephone numbers and personal e-mail addresses.

**For information already published until February 2022, the information will be removed after 3 years.

Table of Cost Recovery Notices Issued

Action Name and address Costs Recovery Notice Issue Date Costs Recovery Amount
Costs Recovery Notice

Information not published

4 May 2023 £1,050

Action Name and address Costs Recovery Notice Issue Date Costs Recovery Amount
Costs Recovery Notice Patersons of Greenoakhill Limited, Gartsherrie Road, Coatbridge, ML5 2EU 4 November 2022 £1,156.35