{"id":262075,"date":"2025-11-14T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/262075\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:44:08","slug":"hunt-for-holt-heath-fly-tippers-using-nature-reserve-as-a-dump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/262075\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt for Holt Heath fly-tippers using nature reserve as a dump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dorset Council is working with Dorset Police, the National Trust and Forestry England to track down those responsible, and appealed to the public for information, &#8220;no matter how small it may seem&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson said: &#8220;Although recent fly-tipping incidents occurred on private land, we are committed to supporting partner agencies in tackling waste crime in rural areas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick said: &#8220;The dumping of waste earth at this precious SSSI nature reserve, which has already been so badly damaged this year, is nothing short of despicable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This type of irresponsible fly-tipping blights our countryside, damages protected habitats and undermines the community&#8217;s trust in keeping our environment safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Holt Heath is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a National Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">About 69 hectares (170 acres) of nature habitat was destroyed there in the summer that was started deliberately and took six days to put out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Dorset Council said the area between Holt Heath and Uddens Drive was a current hotspot for fly-tipping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It estimates the issue costs the council \u00a3100,000 a year to clear up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dorset Council is working with Dorset Police, the National Trust and Forestry England to track down those responsible,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-262075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}