Bovis Homes fined £18k over noisy Newport building site
Housing developer Bovis Homes has been fined £17,750 over noise created on a building site in Newport.
The property giant was fined in a case brought by Telford & Wrekin Council, which followed complaints about the builder's work on a site in Edgmond Road, Newport.
People had complained about building noise early in the mornings, late in the evenings, and at weekends.
The company had agreed to work between 7.30am and 6pm on weekdays and 8am and 1pm on Saturdays, with no work on Sundays or bank holidays.
The company was fined £17,750 and ordered to pay the Council's legal costs of £606 and a victim surcharge of £170.
Councillor Richard Overton, Telford & Wrekin Council's cabinet member responsible for development control, said: "We received complaints that the work was starting earlier and finishing later than the permitted times with work also being carried out on Sundays.
"At first, our officers tried to settle the matter out of court, but despite those efforts, we later had to resort to issuing a planning notice and resorting to legal action in the best interests of local residents."
