A Welsh waste facility has had its environmental permit revoked after failing to comply with its conditions.

Christopher and George Evans have had the permit for their end-of-life vehicle waste facility, J H Evans & Son, removed after failing to comply with the terms of their permit, despite a recent enforcement notice requiring them to do so (details of these infringements have not been released).

As such, the scrap metal site in Blaenau Ffestiniog will no longer be able to legally operate as a waste facility.

Natural Resources Wales – which comprises the Environment Agency Wales, The Countryside Council for Wales, and the Forestry Commission Wales ­ – added that the permit holders ‘must not accept any new waste or treat any further waste materials on site’ and that all remaining waste, including ‘vehicles, waste fuel, scrap metal and parts’, must be removed from the site by 17 March 2014.

Failure to comply with this could lead to prosecution.

‘No choice but to revoke permit’

Speaking of the decision to strip the company of its permit, Tim Jones from Natural Resources Wales said: “We put strict permit conditions in place for a reason – to make sure that the environment and people living in the nearby area are protected.

“We’ll always provide help and advice to permit holders to help them meet the regulations, but in this case, the individuals failed to take on board our advice and consistently breached their conditions.

“In cases like this we have no choice but to revoke the permit. As well as protecting people and the environment, we also need to ensure a level playing field for those who are operating legitimately so they are not disadvantaged by those who aren’t.”

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