A company has been ordered to pay over £1,800 after a yard at a County Durham home was found to have health and vermin risks.
Durham County Council inspected a house in Horden in August last year after concerns were raised regarding the state and condition of the rear yard. Waste materials had built up and there was a blocked drain gully, along with incomplete waste provision to allow for proper drainage, resulting in a risk to health.
A council tax search found Front Worth Limited, of Pinfold Street, Birmingham, to be the owner of the property, with these details being later confirmed by a Land Registry check. A notice under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, requiring the owner to carry out works to keep the land and property free from vermin, was then served by the authority but was not responded to.
