Enforcement undertakings accepted by the Environment Agency: 26 July 2024 to 12 February 2026
Updated 10 March 2026
Applies to England
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Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010/2016
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU516)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- the discharging of matter or effluent that is poisonous or injurious to fish, spawn, spawning areas or food of fish – Section 4 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
It relates to unauthorised sewage discharges from a surface water outfall at Earhart Way, Hounslow into the River Crane on or before 17 June 2014, 19 March 2015 and 14 September 2016.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £33,000 to London Wildlife Trust
- £67,000 to Friends of the River Crane Environment
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 18 September 2024.
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU593)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to:
- the removal of ash waste from 2 Sludge Powered Generators (SPGs) at Beckton and Crossness Sewage Treat Works in London
- its unauthorised disposal at a non-hazardous waste landfill site in Essex between 1 January 2014 and 30 April 2016
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute: £1,000,000 to London Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 20 September 2024.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU745)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised discharge of sewage into an unnamed watercourse off Albion Road, Athersley South, Barnsley on the 18 May 2019.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute: £150,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 23 September 2024.
Energy Works (Hull) Limited (reference EU808)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (waste operation) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to non-compliance with its fire protection plan at its Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) plant at Cleveland Street, Hull on 26 September 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £10,000 to Environmental Management Solutions Yorkshire
- £10,000 to Conservation Volunteers Humber and East Yorkshire
- £10,000 to Dove House Hospice
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 22 April 2025.
Wessex Water Services Limited (reference EU821)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
It relates to non-compliance with permit conditions at Shepton Mallet Water Recycling Centre and fish kill resulting from the discharge of sewage into the River Sheppey, Shepton Mallet between 31 July 2019 and 6 August 2019.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £103,000 to Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 30 January 2025.
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU843)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the discharge of sewage sludge from Beckton sludge main on to land and into watercourses. The discharge occurred between Beckton sewage treatment works and Riverside sewage treatment works, between 13 May 2016 and 5 June 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £373,000 to Thames21.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 18 December 2025.
Imerys Minerals Limited (reference EU867)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) - Regulation 38(1). It relates to 6 unauthorised discharges of china clay effluent at Goonamarris, Goverseth-Noppies, Bugle, Treverbyn, Winnipeg and Maclarens, Cornwall between 15 September 2021 and 25 July 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £430,000 to Westcountry Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 9 September 2025.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU868)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to 2 unauthorised sewage discharges from Barston wastewater treatment works into the River Blythe, Solihull on or about 23 November 2020 and between 15 February and 16 February 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £327,000 to Severn Rivers Trust
- £373,000 to Trent Rivers Trust
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 9 February 2026.
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU886)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- the discharging of matter or effluent that is poisonous or injurious to fish, spawn, spawning areas or food of fish – Section 4 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
It relates to the unauthorised discharge of inlet launder effluent from Basingstoke wastewater treatment works to enter an unmapped surface water drain and then into Petty’s Brook, Basingstoke. It occurred between 7 September and 21 September 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £200,000 to South East Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 6 January 2025.
Aston Management International Limited (reference EU891)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to the discharge of untreated sewage effluent from Hustyns Holiday resort to a tributary of the River Camel, Cornwall between 27 August 2021 and 1 November 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £6,500 to Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 17 December 2024.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU915)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to the discharge of poor-quality final effluent from Sutton in Ashfield sewage treatment works into the River Maun, Nottinghamshire and fish kill on 13 December 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £1,000,000 to Trent Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 24 December 2024.
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU936)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- the discharging of matter or effluent that is poisonous or injurious to fish, spawn, spawning areas or food of fish – Section 4 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
They relate to the unauthorised discharge of sewage from the Moor Lane surface water outfall into Bonesgate Stream, Chessington and fish kill on the 1 July 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £193,780.34 to South East Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 5 December 2024.
R & E Pattinson (reference EU940)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised discharge of slurry from Temon Farm into Poltross Burn, Brampton, Cumbria on 15 June 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £5,000 to Eden Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 23 December 2025.
United Utilities Water Limited (reference EU947)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to 3 exceedances of specified limits in sewage discharges from Ashton-under-Lyne waste water treatment works, Tameside on 2 August 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £517,000 to Mersey Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 22 January 2025.
Skirwith Abbey Limited (reference EU953)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to ensure that organic manure or manufactured fertiliser is not applied to agricultural land in accordance with Regulation 3 – Regulation 11 of the Reduction and Prevention of Agriculture Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018
- failure to ensure that organic manure or manufactured fertiliser is applied to agricultural land in accordance with Regulation 4(1) – Regulation 11 of the Reduction and Prevention of Agriculture Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018
- failure to ensure that reasonable precautions are taken to prevent agricultural diffuse pollution resulting from applications in accordance with Regulation 4(3) – Regulation 11 of the Reduction and Prevention of Agriculture Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018
They relate to slurry entering the Aigill Sike watercourse due to the failure to plan, apply and take reasonable precautions when spreading organic manure on land near Abbey Farm, Skirwith, Penrith, Cumbria on 19 February 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £1,670 to Eden Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 4 February 2026.
Industrial Chemicals Limited (reference EU981)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (installation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised operation of a chemical plant at its site at Bowman Works, Gorsey Lane, Widnes between 25 September 2019 and 1 October 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £45,000 to Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust
- £15,000 to Essex Wildlife Trust
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 23 January 2025.
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU983)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- the discharging of matter or effluent that is poisonous or injurious to fish, spawn, spawning areas or food of fish – Section 4 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975
They relate to 2 unauthorised sewage discharges into Wick Pond and an unnamed watercourse resulting in fish kills at Egham Wick, Englefield Green, Surrey on 20 October 2017 and 7 August 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £3,750 to Surrey Wildlife Trust
- £146,250 South East Rivers Trust
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 1 October 2024.
Thames Water Utilities Limited (reference EU984)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to nine sewage discharges from Earlswood Sewage Treatment Works into the Earlswood Brook, Redhill, Surrey, including one incident resulting in a fish kill, between 26 July 2013 and 23 May 2019.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £200,000 to South East Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 30 December 2024.
Charlton Park Biogas Limited (reference EU991)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the discharge of digestate from Charlton Park Farm, Malmesbury, Wiltshire into a watercourse on 2 November 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £4,500 to Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB).
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 14 October 2024.
Ranjit Farming (reference EU995)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with a permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised deposit of construction and demolition waste on land at Dainton Cross, Ipplepen, Newton Abbot between November 2022 and February 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £6,000 to Devon Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 11 September 2024.
D & A Mead & Co (reference EU1002)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the discharge of slurry resulting in a fish kill, from Land Farm, Somerset into the River Banwell on 17 and 18 February 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £20,000 to Bristol Avon Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 5 November 2024.
Cleveland Potash Limited (Reference EU1005)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (installation) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to the discharge of mine brine into Easington Beck or Staithes Beck through Boulby Gill, Saltburn by the Sea, Cleveland, resulting in a fish kill, on or about 12 June 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £215,000 to North York Moors National Park Authority.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 9 September 2024.
Mike Harley Limited (reference EU1009)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised processing of waste wood and other material at Morley Hall, Station Road, Chester between 23 November 2020 and 30 July 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £3,000 to Campaign To Protect Rural England.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 5 August 2025.
GWE Biogas Limited (reference EU1012)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (installation) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to the unauthorised operation of an anaerobic digester tank at Sandhill Biogas Plant, Garton Road, Kirkburn, Driffield on 23 August 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £22,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 9 August 2024.
CJ Radford & Son (reference EU1016)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to 2 slurry discharges resulting in a fish kill, from Buttermoor Farm, Tiverton, Devon into Calverleigh Stream on or before 7 September 2023 and 10 October 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £5,000 to Devon Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 28 January 2025.
Crockway Farms Limited (reference EU1017)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to a slurry discharge from Danby Pig Unit, Caenby Cliff, Market Rasen on to nearby land and into a drainage ditch on 7 April 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £30,000 to Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 23 January 2025.
SH & M Batty & Son (reference EU1018)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to a slurry discharge from Friars Moss Farm, Quernmore, Lancaster into Mother Dyke on 16 June 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £4,000 to Lune Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 8 August 2024.
C J Mear and Son (reference EU1019)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to 3 slurry discharges from Kingston Well Farm, Chard, Somerset into a ditch going into the River Exe on or before 30 November 2021, 2 February 2023 and 7 May 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £4,000 to the Upper Axe Landscape Partnership.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 3 September 2025.
WFL (UK) Limited (reference EU1022)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised discharge of diesel fuel from its premises at Nursling Industrial Estate, near Southampton into the River Test between 5 May 2021 and 15 July 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £350,000 to Wessex Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 22 July 2024.
Hawk and Owl Trust (reference - EU1032)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (flood risk activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to unauthorised works involving reprofiling the river bank of the River Wensum, Sculthorpe Moor, Fakenham, Norfolk between 26 August 2021 and 17 September 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £3,000 to Beaver Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 6 November 2025.
Winfield Transport Limited (reference EU1038)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to a breach of a U1 exemption on land at Shepherds Farm, St Newlyn East, Cornwall between 20 October 2022 and 17 October 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £7,000 to The Woodland Trust
- £7,000 to Westcountry Rivers Trust
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 21 August 2025.
Barnfield Construction Limited (reference EU1043)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (flood risk activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the:
- unauthorised construction of an access road and landscaping
- construction of new boundary fencing and access road, including bank reprofiling
This occurred within 8 metres of Sandy Brook at Meadow Lane, Southport between 24 September 2023 and 30 January 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £60,000 to Lancashire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 28 February 2025.
Crockway Farms Limited (reference EU1044)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (installation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised construction of 2 above ground slurry stores at Long Ash Lane, Frampton, Dorchester, Dorset on or before 9 January 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £16,000 to Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 26 June 2025.
Imran Mirza (reference EU1054)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised storage of plastic and other waste at Unit 6-7, Moorfield Industrial Estate, Altham, Accrington between 21 June 2021 and 20 December 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £3,000 to Prospects Foundation.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 4 February 2025.
N-Virocycle Limited (reference EU1056)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the discharge of digestate from Ragley Hall Estate, Alcester, Warwickshire into a watercourse on 15 May 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £10,000 to Warwickshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 13 January 2025.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU1059)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to 3 unauthorised sewage discharges from Knostrop Wastewater Treatment Works, Leeds, Yorkshire into the River Aire on 2 July 2019, 9 March 2023 and 29 September 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £300,000 to Aire Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 29 September 2025.
Charles Shallow (reference EU1063)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised processing of waste on land at Smithwood Green Airfield, Alpheton, Suffolk between 28 June 2022 and 30 August 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £2,500 to Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 26 January 2026.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU1064)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to the unauthorised discharge of sewage from Alfreton Highfields Sewage Pumping Station, Derbyshire into Oakerthorpe Brook on 28 July 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £600,000 to Trent Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 30 December 2024.
G R Robinson (Farms) Limited (reference EU1071)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to a slurry discharge from Kings Norton Lodge Farm, Little Stretton, Leicestershire into the River Sence on 31 January 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £4,000 to Trent Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 20 May 2025.
Gwella Contracting Services Limited (reference EU1078)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1)
- where the operator of a consignee facility receiving hazardous waste fails to make a consignee quarterly return for all hazardous waste received at that facility within the time periods set out in regulation 53(4) – Regulation 53 of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
They relate to the unauthorised storage of waste asbestos on 15 May 2024 and 2 July 2024 at its sites at:
- 9 Hennock Road Central, Exeter
- Unit 1, St Stephens Bus Centre, Poplar Road, Warmley, Bristol
They also relate to its removal on or before 1 November 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £8,500 to The Woodland Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 3 June 2025.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU1089)
This offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to a failure to comply with or contravention of the permitted levels of ammonia in effluent at Cheltenham (Hayden) Wastewater Treatment Works, Hayden Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on and before 13 September 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £327,424 to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
- £450,000 to Severn Rivers Trust
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 29 May 2025.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU1091)
This offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to an Upper Tier exceedance for Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) at Upton on Severn Sewage Treatment Works, Worcestershire on 2 August 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £600,000 to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 29 September 2025.
Valley Pet Crematorium Limited (reference EU1093)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised storage of clinical waste at its site at Unit 1, Aspen Way, Paignton, Devon between 31 January 2023 and 16 July 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £59,057.80 to Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 9 September 2025.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU1095)
This is offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to a breach of permit condition at High Royd Wastewater Treatment Works, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. This resulted in an unauthorised sewage discharge at High Royd Towpath Combined Sewer Overflow into the River Calder on 18 January 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £150,000 to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
- £150,000 to Calder and Colne Rivers Trust
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 25 July 2025.
J Russell & Son Partnership (reference EU1096)
This offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to an unauthorised slurry discharge from Church Farm, Barnsley, Cirencester, Gloucestershire into Ampney St. Mary Brook on 19 March 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £2,000 to Cotswold Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 17 July 2025.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU1099)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to 2 unauthorised sewage discharges from Blackminster Wastewater Treatment Works, Evesham, Worcestershire into Broadway Brook on 12 June 2022 and 20 August 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £1,500,000 to Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 12 February 2026.
Balfour Beatty Group Limited (reference EU1119)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to 2 unauthorised water contaminated with silt discharges from its East Leeds Orbital Route site, Yorkshire into:
- Mill Beck and unnamed tributaries on 3 September 2025
- Cock Beck and unnamed tributaries on 28 October 2025
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £200,000 to Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 13 January 2026.
Crutchley Farms Partnership (reference EU1121)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to an unauthorised slurry discharge from Marsh Farm, Bridport, Dorset into Mangerton Brook on 5 October 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £7,500 to Dorset Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 26 June 2025.
United Utilities Water Limited (reference EU1122)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to the failure to maintain an Event Duration Monitoring telemetry system at Shore Road Pumping Station, Preston, Lancashire between 1 March 2019 and 14 December 2020. They also relate to unauthorised sewage discharges from Shore Road Pumping Station into a watercourse on or about 11 August 2020 and 2 December 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £675,000 to Ribble Rivers Trust
- £7,500 to Stormwater Shepherds UK
- £67,500 to Groundwork Cheshire Lancashire & Merseyside
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 24 February 2025.
Drummers Farming Limited (reference EU1130)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to ensure that organic manure or manufactured fertiliser is applied to agricultural land in accordance with Regulation 4(1) – Regulation 11 of the Reduction and Prevention of Agriculture Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018
They relate to an unauthorised slurry discharge Drummers Farm, Sherbourne, Dorset into a tributary of the Leigh Tributary of the Beer Hackett Stream (also known as the River Wriggle) on 21 April 2024. They also related to the spreading of slurry to saturated ground at Drummers Farm, resulting in an unauthorised slurry discharge into a tributary of the River Wriggle on 22 May 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £10,000 to Dorset Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 12 September 2025.
Framptons Limited (reference EU1135)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to a breach of company procedures at its site in Shepton Mallet, Somerset resulting in an unauthorised oat milk discharge into the River Sheppey on 24 June 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £5,000 to Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 30 June 2025.
Framptons Limited (reference EU1136)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to a failure to ensure a new drainage system had been installed correctly at its site in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. This resulted in an unauthorised caustic liquid discharge into the River Sheppey between 26 July and 27 July 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £45,000 to Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 30 June 2025.
Framptons Limited (reference EU1137)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to a failure of the drainage system at its site in Shepton Mallet, Somerset resulting in an unauthorised discharge into the River Sheppey on 12 December 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £20,000 to Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 30 June 2025.
Perenco UK Limited (reference EU1138)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (installation) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to the failure to maintain an oil pipe at its site at Wytch Farm, Wareham, Dorset. This resulted in crude oil or reservoir fluid mixture to spill into Ower Bay on 23 March 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute:
- £60,000 to The Friends of Dolphin
- £30,000 to Birds of Poole Harbour
- £200,547 to Dorset Wildlife Trust
- £10,000 to Wild Bird Rescue Dorset
- £100,900 to Poole Harbour Commissioner
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 23 December 2025.
Earthborn Transport Limited (reference EU1139)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised deposit of construction and demolition waste at Hook Cliff Farm, Gonerby Moor, Grantham, Lincolnshire between 9 June 2020 and 14 April 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £12,000 to Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 7 November 2025.
Bowring Transport Limited (reference EU1141)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised deposit of construction and demolition waste at Hook Cliff Farm, Gonerby Moor, Grantham, Lincolnshire between 9 June 2020 and 14 April 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £60,000 to Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 7 November 2025.
Construction & Environmental Services Limited (reference EU1142)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised deposit of construction and demolition waste at Hook Cliff Farm, Gonerby Moor, Grantham, Lincolnshire between 9 June 2020 and 14 April 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £26,000 to Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 7 November 2025.
Mark Inglis (reference EU1143)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to an unauthorised hydrocarbon discharge from a bowser on land at East Peckham into the River Medway, Yalding Lock, Maidstone, Kent on or before 10 October 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £1,500 to Hockley Ferret Rescue.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 3 September 2025.
M I Jetting and Drainage Limited (reference EU1144)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to an unauthorised hydrocarbon discharge from a bowser on land at East Peckham into the River Medway, Yalding Lock, Maidstone, Kent on or before 10 October 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £7,500 to Hockley Ferret Rescue.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 3 September 2025.
Fox (Owmby) Limited (reference EU1145)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (waste operation) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to the unauthorised deposit of mixed waste at Willow Holt Caravan and Camping Park, Tattershall, Lincolnshire between 8 December 2020 and 28 January 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £40,000 to Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 5 November 2025.
Logie Property Co Limited (reference EU1146)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- holding contaminated equipment without registration, unless decontaminating or disposing of the equipment – Regulations 13(1) and 3 of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substance) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
- holding PCBs in breach of regulation 4 - Regulations 13(2) and 4 of the Environmental Protection (Disposal of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and other Dangerous Substance) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
They relate to an oil discharge from transformers being used at Ickleford Mill, Ickleford, Hertfordshire into the River Oughton and River Hiz on or about 31 August 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £20,000 to Great Ouse Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 2 January 2026.
Anglian Water Services Limited (reference EU1147)
The offence was failure to comply with permit conditions (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to 3 permit breaches at Whitlingham Water Treatment Works, Norwich, Norfolk involving:
- exceeding the specified BOD limit for discharge to water on 10 March 2023
- exceeding the specified chemical oxygen demand (COD) limit, and by failing to remove a minimum of 75% of effluent on 9 May 2023
- exceeding the annual limit for the average phosphorus percentage removal between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £200,000 to Norfolk Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 2 July 2025.
Anglian Water Services Limited (reference EU1148)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to exceedances of specified limits for total suspended solids and Biochemical Oxygen Demand at Wing Cublington Water Recycling Centre, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire between 20 February 2023 and 18 February 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £100,000 to Greensand Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 4 November 2025.
Wessex Water Services Limited (reference EU1149)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to 2 unauthorised sewage discharges from a blocked sewer at Milborne Port, Sherborne, Somerset into the River Yeo and River Gasgoine resulting in a fish kill, on 6 September 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £300,000 to Yeovil Rivers Community Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 8 August 2025.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU1151)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to a sewage discharge from Leyburn Sewage Treatment Works, Yorkshire into the River Ure between 15 April and 19 April 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £350,000 to Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 16 December 2025.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU1152)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to an unauthorised sewage discharge from a collapsed combined sewer on to land and into Cockleshaw Beck, East Bierley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire on 13 February 2023.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £250,000 to Calder and Colne Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 19 January 2026.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU1154)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to permit breaches due to the failure of a storm tank at Lundwood Wastewater Treatment Works, Barnsley, Yorkshire and unauthorised sewage discharges into the River Dearne, between 13 June 2022 and July 2024.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £500,000 to Don Catchment Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 2 December 2025.
Yorkshire Water Services Limited (reference EU1159)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to an unauthorised sewage discharge from a burst rising main at Stainforth Huddle Grounds, Doncaster, Yorkshire into Stainforth Huddle Grounds drain on 19 May 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £500,000 to Don Catchment Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 10 February 2026.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU1167)
The offence was failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2). It relates to 3 exceedances of BOD at Marehay Wastewater Treatment Works in Denby, Ripley, Derbyshire between 9 October 2021 and 3 May 2022.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £500,000 to Trent Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 29 September 2025.
Brothers Drinks Co. Limited (reference EU1168)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to a pipe failure at its site at Shepton Mallet, Somerset resulting in an unauthorised discharge into the River Sheppey on 1 December 2021.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £40,000 to Somerset Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 27 June 2025.
Severn Trent Water Limited (reference EU1172)
The offences were:
- operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1)
- failure to comply with a permit condition (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(2)
They relate to a failure in the treatment process at Spernal Wastewater Treatment Works, Spernal Ash, Redditch, Warwickshire, resulting in a sewage discharge into the River Arrow on 7 August 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £550,000 to Severn Rivers Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 11 November 2025.
Berkeley Homes (Eastern Counties) Limited (reference EU1176)
The offence was operating without or other than in accordance with an environmental permit (water discharge activity) – Regulation 38(1). It relates to 3 unauthorised silt discharges from a house building development site at Hawkenbury Farm (now known as Hollyfields) into a tributary of the River Teise, Kent. This occurred between 4 November 2019 and 13 February 2020.
This was a reactive offer.
They will contribute £125,000 to Kent Wildlife Trust.
They will also cover the Environment Agency’s costs and carry out actions to stop offending, prevent a recurrence or restore any harm.
The enforcement undertaking was accepted on 23 October 2025.