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Disgraceful this type of stuff happens here in Australia to a retired lady up the street from me who had a corner block with an unkept verge prob 8m out front 6m down the side that she decided with her own money to turn into a beautiful garden she planted prob ten trees countless plants brought in river rocks with the help of her son who was in landscaping put in irrigation and I walked past every day for two weeks loving the progress it looked great and then I walked past one day and it was all gone and her son had his trailer filled with the plants and I asked what had happened and he said the council told her to take it all down and return it to the unkept gravel. I felt so sorry for her. Bureaucracy gone mad, these councils are meant to be serving us, we pay their exorbitant wages and costs. They take more and more day by day.
Don't tell me, the left won the elections?
What use are Councils
Thug culture. Warlords running the council.
@@tinker3962people just need to come together. If everyone invoiced the council for having to maintain their own streets and withheld the invoice amount from their council tax payments im sure they'd get on board pretty sharpish.
Pinko, concentration- camp, government. Austrailia is still a penal colony.
“I took it upon myself”. Never ends well that.
Unfortunately not no.
Bottom line is dont mess with land thats not yours. Thats never going to end well for you..
depends on circumstance yer should always take it upon yourself to seek different advice, dont just go along with ones opinion
@@williamwallace7651 In this case its not really an opinion thing, pretty shut and closed that he is in the wrong.
@@JackBWakehampropa wrong un for trying improve things. Sit in Ur house n smile as mattresses appear everywhere
Not getting permission before is the problem
100% correct, cannot just do anything you want with someone else's land, even if its neglected.
Correct but whatever this is it's not fly tipping.
@@Frorackous Arguable, he's essentially taken soil and broken up concrete etc from his garden and put it there. By definition it's within bounds.
Even if Alan titchmarsh could plant in that builders rubble you never got permission what I'd do is get some buddy's quick and get some skips and get it took away regardless who else has put stuff there because the court has to go by the rules otherwise it's a fine and you will still have to remove it
@@JackBWakeham Fair enough, you're right.
Looks like someone's been excavating an old drive in their back garden and didn't want to pay to have the earth removed 😂 shoe us your garden progress 🤣
£50,000 fine and/or a custodial sentence is worst case scenario. It does appear that you're guilty of fly tipping. You have disposed of your garden waste on private land. Why did you not hire a skip to get rid of the concrete, rubble and soil? Also, could have sourced a third party company or hired a van to dispose of your garden waste. You will have a hard job convincing anyone that your tippings are the start of a garden project. If I was you, I'd pay for the clean-up and apologise.
Yep - and he was the one that posted the Underground Bunker Bar video. Only takes the council to see that, plus annoyed neighbours filming him from their bedroom windows to amass enough evidence that he was offloading his garden project into the abandoned playground. At which point he pays his £1000 fine, and is forced to clear it up. Still, he’s right about the state of the area he lives in - it’s a neglected dump.
@@jdavies7472 Key point being not just neglected by the local council, that level of neglect and rubbish also comes from the people living in the area.
The abandoned area where you used to play football. Why don't you and the neighbours take it upon yourselves to clean the area up. I have a litter picker and I voluntarily and regularly pick up rubbish in my street and surrounding areas and leave the bag next to a litter bin for the council to remove. As for the soil placement I don't know the law enough to comment. Hope it went well
Unfortunately you can't just put a bit of grass over the top of a foot deep pile of soil and excavated debris with a ropey looking "dry stone wall" around it and call it a garden. As good as your intentions may have been its just fancy flytipping in the end and they have your own confession as evidence, best to just bit the bullet and get it all skipped out of there ASAP.
In a nutshell!
Yes exactly, skips are expensive and he clearly didn’t want to pay for it so thought if he dumped it and makes it look like he’s making good of it he will get away with it 😂 then lies to his TH-cam followers pretending it was a selfless act
This unused playground as you called it was occupied by 10 to 12 children who's back lead onto this. They played on it every non school day from early morning to late at night, they learned to ride their bikes and all played well together. It was never unused until the mud, stone from your own garden was place making it unsafe to use.
Ok, Why would this be fly tipping, If what he put their was Soil n Plants, trees... etc.. Nothing was put there to harm anything.. Even though Parties should of asked permission...
if you chucked the soil there, that's fly tipping without doubt I assume. See a solicitor pronto, don't take legal advice from people on here. I suspect the advice will be to plead guilty and pay a fine of around £200 - you won't go to prison and won't face a huge fine, that's for multiple offenders tipping van loads of fridges and toxic waste. Good luck.
Sorry Simon if you where that bothered about the state of the local area the first thing you would do is make an effort picking up the litter on your door step.
What you have actually done is carried out excavations in your back garden and dumped the waste on council land which is conveniently on the other side of the wall.
Should have paid for that skip!
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Yes, & what's this bullshit about moonlighting mystery gardeners coming in to do their bit? It must be the elusive green fingered Wombles of Barry 😂.
He's clearly telling porkies making out like he's doing a good deed for the community when he's just off loading tonnes of soil & rumble from his Bunker excavation rather than pay for skips. His neighbours are rightfully pissed about his fly tipping taking up a community area they did not consent to. He didn't seek council permission because he knew he would not get it.
This doesn't reflect well on him but some subscribers have fallen for it. Helps pay for his skip i guess, being the point of this video.
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The unfortunate thing is that this looks like it's all your old soil and rubble that has been put there by you. In this underground bunker video you've mentioned 22tonnes of yours being moved and then said roughly the same in this video. If you have done it all, and it does look like it has been done by the one person/group in terms of the same soil/rubble content and the way it has been laid out... Then is it a case of the old broken windows theory, i.e "I'll just put all this out there, it certainly won't be any worse than other areas around here so I don't see the problem".
It's dangerous to continue backing yourself and suggesting other people were doing the exact same as you under the cover of darkness, while at no point have you become aware of who is doing it when it would've been a pretty arduous task taking time and effort.
It's tough luck, and councils are shit but they're separate matters. Best thing to do is look after yourself and get shot of it all ASAP. Truthfully it doesn't look good at all anyway, and is actually dangerous for anyone walking on the area in question.
All the best, do the right thing for you.
Sadly, too many people expect other to clear up their mess and sort out their problems. I think people had more pride back when you were a kid and looked after their neighbourhood, now people just throw things away and expect someone to sort it out. Well done on raising awareness.
Guilty as sin. 😂
😂😂😂 his followers must be thick as pig 💩 if they believe him 😂😂😂
Unfortunately even a small amount of soil being placed on council or public land is classed as fly tipping mate. You should have written a letter to the council explains what you wanted to do to help improve the area. Always get permission.
Buzzkill, sproiking warlord fanboy. Poxy loins. Bow down to your flatulent masters, slave.
You must see that the part that you've done, looks like soil and building rubble mixed together, not ideal for growing anything. Maybe if you remove all of the building rubble, you could suggest that it's the start of a garden.
looks a bit like building rubble to me
I totally understand your POV, fairly obvious your intentions were only positive / good. But unfortunately if the land isn't yours and you have dumped / planted / placed / built ANYTHING on it, then you'll have to clear it up, even if you don't think it's rubbish or you think you were only trying to help. I'd advise clearing it up or getting in direct contact with them now to see if you can get permission, although after this not sure they'd give you permission. Just how it is tbh, think its pretty common knowledge you can't just start building / putting things (rubbish or not, dumping or not) on land that isn't yours, no matter how pure the intention is. Maybe fly tipping isn't the correct word, but I'd advise you are most definitely in the wrong.
Also rubbish being dumped isn't exactly the councils fault (although they should clean it if its there for a while), most of the blame for that lays with the people dropping the rubbish.
I'd also advise that a lot of those out of control bushes etc, could be taken care of by the neighbouring households, if they truly cared to the level you do anyway, we do that sort of thing were I live all the time and it's never been an issue, cut the grass on council land etc, just got to make sure the Parish Council / County Council is informed on the matter, the Council cannot do everything, even if they own all the land.
Also think you gave more than enough clues to where you live without telling anyone your exact address, so be careful with that.
I guess the summary from my side is, your sort of picking on the council for neglect because they've sprung what they have on you when you were only trying to help, fine, but people in this day and age are lazy, dirty and all sorts of other things, those area's wouldn't look anywhere near as bad if people stopped dropping rubbish and neglecting the areas surrounding where they live. Also On top of that just because land is neglected by the land owner it doesn't mean anyone can do anything to it, that's kind of the whole point, they own the land, not you or anyone else, guess it depends if you are caught / snitched on, which you were, and tbh it's not like you simply cleared up the land for them, you have put things on it that are fairly obvious.
I would just say though, It would depend upon the nature of the neglect to the land. If the land is becoming a hazard then there could be an intervention made.
@@davidlewis8899 Oh yeah for sure, but the primary thing being, discuss it with the council.
Very wise words,I think best option is delete vid before escalation from council as the heat is now on and the space may have hidden cctv now.
@@dentydent6423This council is prioritizing spending money on legal action than improvements, sound advice.
@@GARYTHDawson Well yeah, I doubt it costs much to do what they've done so far, cleaning up that area would cost millions, keeping in mind most of what I've seen in that video can be put down to residents simply not giving f*ck.
The rules may change in your area, but I am based in Devon after taking on a pub build project in my garden, I was shocked to find that I could not even hire a skip to remove soil without me having an environmental soil test. By moving your own soil into that area of land I would recommend having an independent soil test done in your garden, it may add an extra layer of protection and prove you are not moving contaminated soil as that may be part of their argument. I think demonstrating how you are trying to improve the area is where your case is at its strongest. I feel for ya, the tour is eye-opening and the neglect is disgusting, i would be tempted to ask where the council's money is actually going as it certainly is not into the community. Sending nothing but positive vibes as anyone receiving that kind of threat is going to have a direct hit on anyone's mental health regardless.
Agreed with your take. I posted too, that this is illegal dumping where I live. The argument that the grounds are not kept well is separate from Simon dumping soil on the Council's property.
It's hardly Kew gardens.
If you don't own the land then you have to seek permission from the land owner with the support of the community for projects such as this, regardless of rubbish being dumped elsewhere. Besides theres a lot of stone & concrete mixed into that soil which isn't suitable for growing on, or for kids to play on. Checking Google maps i can see that you have covered half of the concreted ground. The courts will likely side with the council for not seeking permission.
I deeply sympathise with you. I'd imagine a maximum £400 fine. £50,000 fines for fly-tipping are vanishingly rare. The last I read was only two people in England since 2014 have been issued the max £50,000 fine.
You're bang to rights to be honest, and this video is rock solid evidence. It's just soil and rubble dumped onto concrete. Which is of no use whatsoever other than causing more mess. I like your videos though.
Shocking. I wonder if your local councillor or possibly even MP could help turn this negative situation into something positive; that land is crying out to become a community garden.
ur doing a good job man, i agree with amber get onto your mp!
Yes that space would be great for a come and pick your own veg and fruit garden
@@thomasprice5190
Yep great as you stumble your way from tree to tree trying not to break your ankle on all the broken cement that simples Simon has dumped there!
Might be also a good idea before you start dreaming of the good life to actually clear the area of all the other crap that has also accumulated there over the years Instead of adding to it.
He got caught (others did not) what next some sort of crowd funding to help this clown out!
This is worthy of a panorama input... I felt like bbc should get in contact.. can't believe how Barry has been very badly neglected.. I get there will always be pockets of neglecting due to many circumstances but this is unforgivable by the council.
I'm on a few common law groups and I might pass this video on and ask them where you stand because soil isn't waste if the land was already disused
Was you back problems mentioned on camera for benefit purposes 😂
The neglect shown by the council in your area is staggering, they are clearly not looking after any of it. However, that doesn't mean that you can move earth, stones and bits of concrete from your garden to an open council area (regardless of how neglected it is) without the consent of the land owner. From a legal point of view, the neglect of the surroundings is pretty much irrelevant, if I were you I would get the earth, stones and concrete moved ASAP.
I agree. Well said. Nevertheless, it’s unacceptable that the council fails to take care of their own property. Such a systematic neglect of their duty could be hazardous for the nearby residence. You pay council tax to assure that the council maintains their property to keep the neighbourhood save and liveable. Action should be undertaken immediately by the council or they should fined with sanctions in my opinion.
The council, who appear to possess an Olympian level of incompetence, are behaving like tyrants given their arrant hypocrisy. Simon may be legally incorrect but I think his conscience can rest easy because he was right to improve the surrounds rather than watch them inevitably decay. Bunch of nitpicking losers.
@@Liam-yr4uf I was only saying what I said because of the legal position, not because I think the council are right. Legally, he hasn't got a leg to stand on
@@davidstorm4015 In general I agree, however legalities are a bit grey to say the least here. This guy needs independant legal advice, it's certainly not an open-and-shut case as you suggest. I assume you're referring to the Environmental Protection Act 1990? if so exactly what in that act makes you think "he hasn't got a leg to stand on"?
@@numerouno2532 yes, that's the one. It defines fly tipping as 'the illegal disposal of household, industrial, commercial or
other 'controlled' waste. The waste can be liquid or solid; controlled waste
includes garden refuse and larger domestic items such as fridges and
mattresses'. Simon has clearly violated this act by dumping soil, stones and bits of concrete.
It's fear o'clock on Real Jail Sore Rear! 🤣
Oh my 😂
Come on. That "soil" is not suitable for planting anything in. Trees and vegatables in that rock dump, and with all the other garbage around? At first I was sympathetic with you ... until I saw what you where actually talking about. I wouldn't have much hope, if I where you. Sorry.
I suspect someone saw your underground bunker bar video and then saw the growing pile of soil in the abandoned playground and grassed you up to the council. Also, someone might have filmed you, it’s so easy to do so these days. You’ll likely get a £1000 fine and be forced to clear it up. Better you check with a solicitor - Good luck and totally agree - that council have allowed the streets round your way to rot - it’s disgusting.
You keep referring to 'duty of care' what do you mean by this? Are you thinking it's a legal phrase? What context is it being applied? I only ask as the council not strimming verges and clearing waste isn't going to be grounds for them to let you off the accusation of fly tipping.
If its abandoned why do the council still mow it? And also funny how you're digging your own garden at the same time get a skip!
Give the One Show a call, you can get the story out on the telly and also give the channel a cheeky plug.
Sorry to hear this. I did a job Saturday in Barry, and I was suprised when I parked up to see all the lanes were gated off? What's that about? We don't even have that up the valleys! I hope things work out for you.
I am 53 from Yorkshire and know the world. I am family man.
I have got some advice, please go with it. Number #1 is the key.
1.) HIRE 3 massive skips and clear that lot of earth ASAP. Your community here will come and help, if you put out an appeal, including me,
2.) You bigger ecological plans are Irrelevante and unconvincing
3.) On "Duty of Care" and Public Neglect of space: you are 100% correct. Its tragic man the state the UK sunk to, and I so admire you for for the points you mad, but this is irrelevant in a court of law.
Love and respect, man.
Unfortunately it doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out its all your garden soil/bricks from your underground/bunker bar. Your video shows no rubble/soil there 3 months ago its now covered in it 🙈.
Fingers crossed you can get it sorted Simon, that council should be ashamed of itself 🍻
@@user-qr6if9zx6z if a search I did was right in that Barry Island comes under the Vale of Glamorgan council, there’s actually a mix of councillors from labour, conservatives, Welsh labour, and Plaid Cymru, rather than just one lone party
Si, I'm a Barry lad like you & that's the sad case for the town. There are loads of neglected areas but they would rather pick on a non issue. Sort their own house out before knocking on your door!
You'll have it sorted Simon. You're a good man. All the respect for you!
Moin Simon mate, from Germany: All the best of luck plus courage for you and your family during this tougher times so to speak I really do hope that all things will sort out in the end. Viel Glück !! )
The spare land ok is the council’s responsibility as it’s there’s but the front of your house is your responsibility have some pride and clean up your front not just leave it. You will find other people on your street will see you doing it and think yes I will do the same. I would be ashamed if outside my front door look like that.
The Council don't want people to be self sufficient, growing your own food on public land so when you rely on them, despite years of them wasting tax payers money, it won't matter as they want to be in charge and have control. Get a petition from nearby neighbours agreeing with you and the poor service council and their lack of duty of care
Firstly, if you have admitted to putting soil there in front of two EPA officers then that statement can be corroborated by the officers and that can go against you. If anyone has filmed you putting anything in that area, then that can be used also. If they are only accusing you of putting a few buckets of soil there then I wouldn't worry about a £50,000 fine as if they are going to proceed with action, they will probably issue a Fixed Monetary Penalty (£200-£300?). What you need to do is get yourself familiar with Section 75 Environmenatal Protection Act 1990 (Definition of Waste) and also Section 33 Environmental Protection Act 1990 (illegal Disposal of Waste on Land without Licence to Accept it. They are obviously interpreting your action/activity as disposal of waste or discarding waste. Section 75 states waste is any material that is no longer wanted and or discarded. You dont own the land or have a licence to deposit/discard any material on the land. That's the illegal part and what they seem to be focusing on. It's obvious looking ar the area that construction and demolition waste in the form of concrete/slabs/bricks etc have been disgarded/deposited here over time (I'm not saying this was you) and someone has subsequently tried to turn it into a feature that is useful (stone wall). Looking at the amount of waste on the land (because someone has discarded the material there...meaning it fits within the definition of waste), even if they can prove it was you that did it, I doubt you would get a £50,000 fine. If someone was found guilty of putting all the waste on that bit of land, normally what would happen is a deal for the price that it would cost to clean the area up and remediate the land. Maybe a few grand but not 50! Hope this info is useful. My advice to anyone being questioned by anyone is to keep quiet, most people seal they're own fate by giving too much away when questioned. Final bit of advice, consider deleting this video in case you incriminate yourself,
Just saw the bunker video, think you should delete that too as when you combine it with this one is pretty obvious where all the debris came from.
"someone's planted a tree" 🤣🤣 you're a someone
The fact you was trying to build something in your back garden a few months ago just looks like u have dumped it out back of your garden to be fair none of that is good for growing anything there is bricks and other crap all in that soil bet a skip is looking cheap now.
They’ve got you bang to rights and this video just strengthens the councils case. I’d take it down ASAP
I agree,take it down. Don’t do a tour of other waste. 2 wrongs don’t make a right
Eh?
Simon you gave out the names of so many streets that it took me just 2 mins on google maps to find your house lol. I'm now on google street view looking at your front door 😆.
You should Google maps it and see his first attempt of where he first started you will see his first Project of emptying his waste soil, stones and concrete claiming the ground out side his back.
I'd get a big soil rake and rake the stones and rubble out of the soil.
First of all, I would delete this video. it is never a good idea to put your address in the public domain like this however big or small a youtuber someone is. A few clicks on google maps and everyone has your address.
I am struggling with the video itself a bit, I can see your point in what you and others are trying to do, an unused piece of land being used as a communal allotment essentially, its a nice idea. BUT in reality you are just fly tipping, this has not been agree with the council or anyone locally. You are in this video just admitting to the offence. its a shame as you can see even though it isnt anywhere near finished alot of hard work has gone into the project. I have to admit even though it is a work in progress and things are growing it does look a mess. in the eyes of the neighbour who isnt green fingers this just might look a complete and utter mess the same as you see other peoples fly tipping. To be honest, If you have been targeted whoever has targeted you has probably filmed you and has plenty of evidence of your fly tipping unfortunately.
You have done the right thing showing the overgrown areas where the council has just left to rot away but the rubbish and mess left in alleys and on the street is the residents mess not the councils, people in the area really need to take a long har dlook at themselves for letting there local community get in this mess.
I hope the council take this on board and have a crack down on it, maybe then the local residents will take a bit more pride.
For a start the council could put some more bins in at the end of the streets for peoples litter.
1 last point, please dont take any legal advice from anyone on youtube, we all become experts when sat behind a keyboard.
Hope you get everthing sorted and dont get in to much trouble.
Short and simple. YOU are at fault.
The crazy thing is the person who has "accused" you will likely know you because of the location. Why have they not even had a conversation first if they had an issue? Crazy times!
Just a hypothetical, but if it was a counselor or a counselor who has informed of it, they cannot just have a conversation, it has to go through a formal system.
Dont think this will end well for you simon moving soil from your land to council land is classed as fly tipping i hope you can sort this without to much stress
I used to come to Fochriw around 2002-3 regularly, and I used to love the drive through the valleys, but I do remember the litter was everywhere, even back then. Such a shame because it's such a beautiful place isn't it, and the people are so welcoming. I live in Hull, and we have a similar problem. I walk with my dad regularly, and could easily set up business selling used supermarket beer bottles foraged from the hedgerows.
This is similar to my entry...my council has just given up removing things and now the entry is totally blocked with junk. There's a huge real Christmas tree blocking the gate and about 100 bags of trash. Not quite sure how they are going to empty the wheelie bins...reported it 3 weeks ago. I think there's a few regular dumpers even leaving names and addresses on huge cardboard boxes but I don't give that information to the council that's their job which they don't seem to be bothered stopping them and now they're not bothered about clearing it.
Very sorry to hear this. You always come across as a decent man. I hope this works out for you. I think you should go to the newspapers about this. Good luck.
That's absolutely shocking! How are the residents putting up with all this mess?
I mean all the rubbish was caused by them, the areas surrounding could quite easily returned to normal if a coupe of people lifted a couple of fingers or had a decent conversation with the council.
So you’ve been fly tipping and suprised to be getting done for fly tipping 🤔
I dont know Simon it looks like you have dug a load of earth out of your garden and left it on the land/alley behind you probably like everyone else has done.
I will donate to a crowd fund towards a skip to help clear that land.
I remember in the 90s bailiffs knocked on my door and said have failed to pay other people’s council tax they thought I was the landlord which I wasn’t .
Legally you have fly tipped. No questions there. However, it’s a disgrace that the council has picked up on your version of fly tipping, compared to the absolute mess of the area which is littered with domestic appliances.
Simon if the Council are not maintaining the land drum up some neighbour support and ask for the land to be transferred as a community asset allotment and offer £1.00 for the land and collectively take ownership.
Typical council never look after the local areas but will be quick to smell an opportunity for some £££s in fines.
Come on be honest it looks an absolute mess!! It looks like all the rubble tipped from your garden, It’s hardly the Chelsea flower show??
Spot on Simon, VoG need their arses kicking and accepting responsibility, not going after one of the few who are trying to improve the neighbourhood. I only live a few hundred meters away and know what it is like, get a petition going and I'll be happy to sign it.
Someone got it in for you?..lotta sad people out there!
Worse case you will probably get a fixed penalty fine. Tipping soil/spoil is flytipping but the desire to help look after the area could allow for some discretion. Ask for a meeting, set up a proper scheme if you and neighbors want to turn it into a community space.
Report the knotweed, that will become more expensive to remove the longer it stays!
Love your channel Si, but I don’t believe you have a leg to stand on with this issue as you’ve just posted a video to TH-cam admitting to fly tipping in the public space behind your house. Unfortunately under the letter of the law this is what you’ve done - it wouldn’t matter if you’d created Kew Gardens mate. After years of central government cuts local councils do not have the money to fulfill statutory obligations such as provision of social care, and unfortunately tidying up after people who would literally sh!t on their own doorstep is way down on the list. Where I live we have several residents groups who organise litter picks and community skips - the bottom line is Britain is broken - and if you want it fixing you have to do it yourself, because those who have been elected to govern simply do not care about anything but themselves and their insatiable need to steal more and more money from you.
Wow £50,000! that would buy a nice supply of beers. Might be worth getting a couple of skips and getting rid of all the dirt and concrete. At least it will be sorted 👍
mate brick's and rubble don't constitute soil. you should have reported it long before you got the council on the case
In a way i hope you are asked to appear in court on this. After listening to your story the judge will be absolutely fuming that important court time has been taken up with this. Good luck!
Sadly seems all the councils nowadays are desperate to get money from Joe Taxpayer by any means necessary very worrying that the Govt give these Gangsters powers like this , anyway Simon has all the video evidence for the Judge and i hope he counter sues for harassment and the detrimental affect to his mental health this has caused him.
But what’s going to grow through rocks the council will ask,and who was doing the planting?
@@dentydent6423 They should’ve dealt with the Japanese Knotweed, anyway sadly Simons area had been destroyed by flytippers real ones . All Simons done is try to improve the area , anyway council at fault how can mattresses and old toys and fencing and other crap be left for years like that ?
@@christineayres7199 I know he’s trying to improve things but the judge will be saying trespass,dumping soil etc. Councils only care about themselves and I hate the way this is going. Simon,clear it before court date please mate. Nothing to go to court for then
@@dentydent6423 if we all refused to pay council tax watch how fast they fix things , also notice the roads in the Uk are awful 😞 yet in France they are smooth as silk ? Wonder why ?
Bloody hell, the estate I grew up on is suppose to be a dangerous no go area but it looks like Beverly Hills in comparison to those streets, looks like you're living in some sort of 80's Shane Meadows film.
This is absolutely crazy. Best of luck looking forward to an update
What you're doing is a lovely idea. The area would be envious of it. Good luck with the outcome mate. 👍
Take the story to the newspapers
That´s what i thought at first. Making it as public as possible might put moral pressure on the council not to approach you. And newspapers, local radio and tv are normally extremely happy for such good content.
do you have a link to the video in october? would like to see how it was before.
i suggest you get some kind of legal council, and maybe set up a petition, have us mail your local council.
to 45 trees, although we sadly lost 16 protected trees which has left a massive scar on 'the Walks'(North Northamptonshire Council) and the Developer on 10th May, and after no response
Last February the residents of Wellingborough heard the shocking news that local developers were about to fell up to 61 protected trees from the historic Wellingborough Walks, an avenue of limes trees that stretches from the town centre to the river, with many trees more than 180 years old.
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Glamorgan Council should be paying you for doing their job! Consider getting a petition going for public support if this goes further
I imagine some of it is the way it is due to lack of funding, so I doubt they'd pay someone for doing something on their land without permission.
I remember that land, that you wanted to make good of it. Challenge it, set up a go fund. Bloody councils, they let things go to rack and ruin, then do this when people try and do better.
Simón,
It’s good to see that you are trying to make your area as nice as possible.
I was shocked to see the state of the area where you live, it’s unbelievable that it’s left like that.
You need to get together with all your neighbours and collectively write to the VOG council and explain to them that is not acceptable leaving the area where you live and the surrounding area that you showed us in your video in your in such terrible mess.
Unfortunately the VOG council enforcement department is not going to allow you to leave the council owned land with one stone, one piece of earth from your garden.
They have started the legal process with an enforcement notice and now a visit.
It won’t stop, it’s just going to cost you a lot of your time and money and stress, it’s not worth it.
The only sensible option for you is to contact a local garden maintenance company and pay them to remove everything that you have placed there and to return it in the same condition as it was before you put anything there.
I hope that you can get it cleared as quickly as possible so enforcement action can be Stopped.
Great advice 👍
Get a petition going with other members from your neighbourhood and tell the council that you pay their wages and they work for you and seeing as they have left this area to rot, you and others have a right to be able to tend it and turn it back into a vegatable garden because you're right, the cost of living is not going to stop rising and if the council won't do their job then you and others show them how you do it. If they won't listen to their own constituency then don't re-elect them and most definitely write to them your concerns and tell them if they arnt going to do the job You pay taxes for them to do, then stand as an independent Councillor for your area and get canvassing to be elected 💪👍
As far as the law see’s it you are guilty Simon, please remove it. Get help from here mate or your stuffed. It does look horrendous and I would hate that behind me mate. If you were doing it properly it would all be soiled and levelled out ready as an allotment. I’m on your side but you’ve left yourself wide open here mate. Get it moved asap 🍻
Also, check that the heavies who came round were actually employed by the local district council and are not an outsourced company tasked with clearing up dumped waste. They may have spotted a job for themselves worth doing whereas a cooker, paint pots and litter wouldn't make it worth their while.
Mate... I live looking over Baffins pond in Portsmouth. We have a little group that meets on a Tuesday morning to clean up the place and keep it tidy. I know you will say it is the council that should do it. Do some yourself especially picking up rubbish from your own doorstep. Start up a community help scheme. I come from Cwmbran but moved to Portsmouth.
Mad situation to be in, hope you get it sorted with a positive outcome
Simon I just watched your video and fully support your opinion. It's a complete disgrace that your local council has neglected such a picturesque village and should be ashamed of themselves. It's the same everywhere . No one cares anymore.
Keep your chin up pal and remember
'Don't let the bastards grind you down '
Just don't drop the soap Si!
I admire your persistence in uploading content everyday no matter what, your a great worker 👍
Where did all of the smashed up concrete come from that has been used for the dividing walls?
The council have probably been waiting to 15 years for someone to touch that one so they can slap them with a £50k fine. It's the same in North Warwickshire too. I live by some beautiful countryside, and the country lanes look like DFS showroom some mornings!
Absolutely shocking! These councils need to get their head a wobble!
‘The lesson is never try’ Homer Simpson
I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but technically, putting your dirt on someone's property is illegal dumping. Here in the US, depending on what was dumped, there is a fine. It ranges, but I've never heard of $50,000! Maybe on industrial properties, but not housing. Having film of it, and admitting you did it, isn't the best legal strategy however. The other trash is irrelevant, they don't know who put it there, but they know you did.
We have cases of large scale neglect by town/city organizations all the time, New York City which is about 20 minutes from where I live is a dump! But if I throw garbage on the ground and a police officer sees me, or camera footage captures it, I'm likely to get a fine.
So what I'm saying is that even though the council is derelict of duty, it doesn't give you the right to illegally dump on the property in my opinion. I hope this works for yer in the end, seems excessively punative.
Truth be told, it will most likely be thrown out of court.
You've made the nationals mate! Good on you for outing the council. Shocking images
Hope you get it sorted Simon and don't end up in jail
Simon you've kickstarted what could be a community allotment scheme. Why not call to your neighbours and find out if they're interested in repruposing that space. You have saved a lot of money providing soil for there already.
By the look of things his neighbours will try and plant a fridge
I have watched your videos for three years now and I can't believe that you may face prison , if you need help with anything we will support you
Don't drop the soap in the prison showers Si.
Same in Scotland we’re I live mate the council don’t tidy anymore especially the last 15 years more rubbish trolleys and dog dirt , some people have no respect.
I get that the council shouldn’t let areas get like that but also the locals should also take some care of where they live.
If that was outside my house I’d pick it up and put it in the bin.
Devastated. Parents of the Cadoxton community playground are totally Devastated that the community playground of the four streets back yard leading to this playground area has been desecrated by tons of soil, stones, leaving their children's who occupied the park area where to play. What's is even worst is, it was one of their own community member, who took advantage of the covid at academic to empty his garden waste of soil and stones to start his own project of building a bunker extension onto his house, not wanting to pay for fees of skips.
@@suemitchell8365 I see what you are now doing. On a rampage aren't you? Did you report him and if so who to? What about all the other rubbish before and during this from others? Were other adults and children littering? Was the council not upkeeping the area?
Hope this gets sorted mate, I’m the opposite here in Bridgend, we have a great space opposite our house and I’m having to stop the locals destroying it, lovely trees etc and then the locals taking a chainsaw to them for firewood, you can’t make it up honestly.
Unfortunately they have a very strong case. The rubble looks a mess mate, I understand the intentions etc.
Nevertheless Id be happy to donate on a go fund me if it came to it. Hope it all works out.
What you should look into friend is the law of looking after places if the council fail to uphold an area and leave it derelict the people who work to keep it pristine and of a quality standard then own the land. I don't know the law I just remember hearing about if you uphold the land which was left in ruin or not being looked after by council then you then get rights to it... I could be wrong just something to think about.
Simon and his neighbours will end up paying for any council initiative through increases in their council tax. Volunteering and shaming the selfish, snitching Tory neighbours by showing them "social" isn't the swear word Thatcher made it, is the best way to go. You never know, people might start to get on again.
It seems to me that you moved earth soil or what ever from you land onto a private property so in the eyes of the law it is fly tipping hope you do get it sorted
Hope there's a fair outcome to this in your favour Simon. Some shocking footage there of the stuff which has actually been flytipped. Chin up and best of luck 👍
Just when I think the UK government can't get anymore absurdly ridiculous