For residents near Bellway's development site in Billet Road the most concerning:
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May 2024 |
Bellway ordered
to halt development |
Developer
must stop work on a site in eastern Newport over concerns “harmful”
substances could enter a protected conservation area in the Gwent Level.
The committee heard officers had flagged the presence of
substances which are “harmful to health and the environment” Outline planning permission for the site had
already been agreed, subject to conditions including that “remediation works”
of sampling and groundwater quality monitoring be carried out at each stage
of development. Ms Davidson said “tars, heavy metals and petroleum-based oils
and fuels” are present there due to the “long industrial legacy” of the wider
site, which used to house a steelworks. These substances need “appropriate management and
remediation”, she added. Ms Davidson said officers asked Bellway in January to cease
building work on the site until the remediation works were sufficiently
completed, but the developer “did not stop and indicated to us that they
would not stop”. |
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Apr 2024 |
Bellway
destroy ancient hedgerow |
destroyed
100 feet of hedgerow that has been there for decades, and that offered a
habitat for wildlife, including insects, bees and birds. |
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Feb 2024 |
Bellway fined
£10,000 |
Bellway
connected to an unauthorised and unlicensed standpipe to the clean water main
on two separate occasions at developments in Taplow and Greenhithe |
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Mar 2023 |
Bellway fined
£100,000 for dumping contaminated soil on one of its sites |
The Environment Agency discovered that, between 22nd
November and 12th December 2017, Bellway imported around 2,688 cubic metres
of contaminated waste soil on to the site from one of its developments at
nearby Five Mile Park. It said this was to build a soil bund around an
attenuation pond. |
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Bellway and
other developers being investigated over alleged “anti-competitive behaviour”
could pay a combined maximum penalty of billions if they are found guilty |
accused
housebuilders had been sharing “commercially sensitive information” to
“influence the price and build-out of new homes”. It warned that such
activity may “weaken competition in the market”. |
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Dec 2020 |
Bellway fined
£600,000 for destroying bat roost |
At Woolwich crown court on
Tuesday, the company pleaded guilty to damaging or destroying a breeding site
or resting place of a wild animal of a European protected species between 17
March and 17 August 2018. The company had been
notified in planning documents that it would first need to obtain the
appropriate mitigation and a Natural England European
protected species licence |
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Jan 2016 |
Bellway fined
£3500 for failing to protect trees. |
“In this case, the developer had endangered trees on the site by not
protecting their roots and had risked road safety by failing to ensure
vehicles were free of mud when leaving the development. |
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Oct 2006 |
Bellway fined
£10,000 for polluting stream |
Found guilty
of causing polluted matter to enter controlled waters |