{"id":17226,"date":"2026-06-28T18:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=17226"},"modified":"2026-06-28T19:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T19:53:12","slug":"the-environment-agency-admit-making-mistake-about-rattlechain-lagoon-this-is-serious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatliesbeneathrattlechainlagoon.org.uk\/?p=17226","title":{"rendered":"The Environment Agency admit making mistake about Rattlechain Lagoon- THIS IS SERIOUS!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rattlechain Lagoon has always been Licenced to spill<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I appreciate you taking the time to follow up, and <\/span>I want to sincerely <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\napologise for the error in the information we provided to you on that date.”<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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I have come to expect serious failings in the way that this hazardous waste landfill site has been regulated over the years and how unsafe the whole issue was, but this one has surprised even me!<\/span><\/div>\n
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It is interesting how just one FOI request opens up a pathway that leads to others, and how that journey reveals things that were previously hidden from public view or scrutiny. So was the case with THIS<\/a> request and the change of permit number.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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In response to this I contacted the EA about future development concerns and monitoring of the site by the EA, and also one Suzanne Ward,<\/strong> who has been in this organisation in a senior position for many years, including during the 2013 works undertaken at the site.<\/strong> Principally she was the boss of Dave Whitford<\/strong>, who undertook much of the liaison with Rhodia and the individuals Tom Dutton, HSE Director and John Moorhouse, “Site redevelopment manager” from that company. She now has the title “Place Manager \u2013 West Midlands Combined Authority, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire.”<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Though I did not specify this as a new FOI request, questions I had asked within were treated as such, and the response to this is interesting in itself, which I will save for another day.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
Other observations I made- some were conveniently totally ignored, whilst others were answered. Specifically, as well as providing background to the site history, I mentioned the then ongoing permit breach of the causeway path and how this had happened before. This is a little lengthy, as you may expect by now from me \ud83d\ude06 , but the detail IS important to note.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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