{"id":881551,"date":"2026-09-03T05:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881551\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T05:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T05:36:09","slug":"noxious-waste-fires-near-surrey-village-need-to-stop-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881551\/","title":{"rendered":"Noxious waste fires near Surrey village need to stop – MP"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Noxious fires have caused havoc for the people of Smallfield for too long,” Coutinho told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“Laws are in place to protect the public from harm. Burning waste without a licence is a criminal offence.<\/p>\n

“The Environment Agency should enforce the law and protect the public from this persistent nuisance.”<\/p>\n

Coutinho has also asked the agency what progress has been made in attending earmarked sites to determine if they need further investigation.<\/p>\n

Residents have presented “reams of evidence” to the Environment Agency, but claimed the body’s response to this has “not been good enough”, she added. <\/p>\n

An Environment Agency spokesperson said the agency had instructed the landowners to stop burning waste. <\/p>\n

They added it was “keeping up the pressure for measures to be taken to avoid further disruption to local people and harm to the environment”.<\/p>\n

“Enforcement action is never off the table,” they said. <\/p>\n

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