Martin McAnulty oversaw the importation of waste with the intention of levelling and landscaping nationally important habitats on SSSI land.

The court has ordered him to remove all the waste and return the site to its previous state as wet grassland and woodland.

His actions significantly damaged habitat home to naturally scarce habitats and species.

Martin McAnulty, of London Road, Berkhamsted, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 20 November for sentencing after pleading guilty to two offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and one under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, at a hearing in July.

He was also ordered to pay costs of £14,032.05 and a victim surcharge of £2,000.

Joint prosecution over landscaping and waste dumping on protected area

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