A north-east business could be taken to court for illegally dumping building waste on the outskirts of Aberdeen.
Aberdeen City Council could take action against McIntosh Plant Hire, which has previously been warned about dumping excavated materials at Cairdhillock Farm in Kingswells.
Now the Echt-based firm, owned by business stalwart Bert McIntosh, has been served an enforcement notice by the council after “repeated” planning order breaches.
Locals first raised concerns that continued tipping of excavated materials was taking place on the site in January, and contacted Kingswells councillor David Cameron.
Mr McIntosh then informed the council the firm had stopped the dumping and submitted a retrospective planning application for the excavations, which was approved by council chiefs at the start of March.
But work continued outwith the approved site, and the firm was served a stop notice by council chiefs.
If the company is found to break the new enforcement notice they could be taken to court by the local authority.
A report heard by the council’s planning development management committee said: “The works constitute a breach of planning control and it is considered expedient to commence enforcement action having regard to the provisions of the
development plan and other material considerations.”
The report added that the concerns were related public amenity, road access and possible contamination of the land.
Last night Mr Cameron said he was “disappointed” the order had to be issued.
He said: “I was told by some of my constituents that there were about 14 or 15 lorries a day coming in and out and causing loads of disruption.
“We told him it had to stop as it was against planning permission but it didn’t so it’s disappointing it’s come to this.
“At the end of the day people can’t just please themselves.”
But Mr McIntosh said yesterday he would “comply totally” with the council order and negate the need for court action.
He said: “We will comply totally with the order and I do admit there was a small breach.
“But they had five months to discuss it with me so they’ve had plenty of opportunity to get in touch.
“I’m a bit disappointed they’ve done this but it’s over now.”