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STOP PRESS: Cannon loses Wemmergill case
Natural England's controversial case concerning a track made on Wemmergill Moor came to ahead yesterday.
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Wemmergill Moor Ltd, owned by entrepeneur Michael Cannon, was fined £50,000 by Durham Crown Court yesterday for causing damage to part of Lune Forest SSSI. The company was ordered to pay Natural England’s (NE) full costs of £237,548.99 in bringing the prosecution.
The company pleaded guilty to three offences relating to the construction of a track, car park and drainage.
Martyn Howat, NE’s regional director for the north east, said: “Occupiers of SSSIs have a legal responsibility to seek permission from NE about proposals that may damage SSSIs and in this case Wemmergill Moor Ltd failed to do so.”
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