Housing developer fined more than £6,000 after leaving huge mess at homes site in East Tilbury

Ellis Whitehouse

11 July 2024 at 4:04 am·2-min read

The mess at the Lawns development site in East Tilbury — -Credit: (Image: Thurrock Council)

A housing developer has been slapped with thousands of pounds in fines after leaving an enormous mess at a development site in Essex. Ingleton Luxury Homes Ltd had planning permission to build 18 new homes at the site in Thurrock but left behind piles of waste which haven't been cleared in more than a year.

The "unsightly" mess was left at The Lawns development site in Coronation Avenue, East Tilbury, which has planning permission to build 18 homes on. Tom Ingleton, Director of Ingleton Luxury Homes Ltd, admitted not complying with a legal order to tidy the site issued to him over a year ago by Thurrock Council.

He appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court on Tuesday (July 9) for sentencing. Ingleton was fined £3,400 personally and an additional £3,492 as director of the house building company. Pictures from the scene show the huge amounts of materials left at the site following development work.

Lee Watson, councillor responsible for growth at Thurrock Council, said: “I hope this case serves as a warning to developers who think they can create a mess, disregard warnings and notices from the council, and behave as they please.

“Instead of building the homes he had permission to, this developer created an unsightly, and potentially hazardous, mess he clearly had no intention of clearing. Now he is facing the consequences of his actions.

The waste had not been cleared for more than a year -Credit:Thurrock Council

"He has to pay out nearly £7,000 in fines and will be forced to clear his site as required by the notice we issued him last April.

“Residents should not have to put up with the mess left by irresponsible developers. This shows that we will always take action to protect our residents and their neighbourhoods.”

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