At Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court in Derby on 13 September 2024, Darren Lee Fretwell, 58, of Golden Valley Caravan Park, Coach Road, Alfreton, was fined £2,239.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £11,272.
The case against a lorry driver who had failed to stop for officers was withdrawn.
Fretwell, the landowner of Golden Valley Equestrian Centre and Golden Valley Caravan and Camping Park, admitted two obstruction charges.
The court was told that in August 2023, Environment Agency officers received information that waste was being tipped on land at Golden Valley Equestrian Centre in Golden Valley near Alfreton.
On 11 August 2023, an unmarked eight-wheel tipper lorry that had deposited waste on site failed to stop when instructed by an Environment Agency officer.
Fretwell had told the driver not to stop and to drive past the officer.
During the same visit, Fretwell also refused to permit excavators at Golden Valley Equestrian Centre to scrape back top layers of soil to examine what had been deposited beneath.
Also, on 11 August, Fretwell refused to provide waste transfer notes relating to waste brought onto the site when requested by an Environment Agency officer.
On 16 August 2023, the Environment Agency officers returned to Golden Valley Equestrian Centre, at the invitation of Fretwell, to conduct a follow-up inspection.
During the visit, officers considered they needed to visit a neighbouring site owned by Fretwell. This site is known as Wallis Gorse on Long Lane, Golden Valley. After some resistance to this from Fretwell, the officers visited that site.
This is where Fretwell again obstructed officers. He refused to provide waste transfer notes or delivery tickets relating to piles of sand containing shredded tyre rubber, which were present.
During visits on both 11 August and 16 August, Fretwell was extremely abusive and hostile towards the officers. On the second visit on 16 August 2023, this behaviour was captured in a body-worn video played in court.
In mitigation, Fretwell said that he recognised that his behaviour on the two dates in question was unacceptable.
