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Miller Homes controversies

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  1. 2021

    Miller Homes fined for watercourse pollution

    Fine or penalty

    Miller Homes Limited was fined £200,000 after pleading guilty to polluting a tributary of Grimescar Dyke with silt. The Environment Agency traced the silt pollution to an underground tank on the company's site. The pollution affected the watercourse for at least 1.2km.

    Source excerpt

    • It was fined £200,000, ordered to pay costs of more than £8,500 and a victim surcharge of £170.
    • Miller Homes Limited appeared at Leeds Magistrates’ Court on Monday 23 November where it pleaded guilty to polluting a tributary of Grimescar Dyke with silt at Lindley Park on 8 February 2018.
    • The silt discharge impacted Grimescar Dyke for at least 1.2km.