Renovator fined after contractor fly-tips building waste

The dumped rubbish consisted of timber, mattresses, carpets, tiles, and other household waste
The dumped rubbish consisted of timber, mattresses, carpets, tiles, and other household waste (Image credit: South Cambridgeshire District Council)

A man has been hit with £1400 of fines and costs after the contractors renovating his property dumped construction waste at the side of a road.

The rubbish consisted of timber, mattresses, carpets, tiles, and other household waste, and was removed from a property in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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