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King’s estate denies responsibility for clearing large-scale illegal waste site
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King’s estate denies responsibility for clearing large-scale illegal waste site
The Duchy of Lancaster has said it is exempt from regulatory obligations to clear a 25,000-tonne waste site on its land, citing a 750-year-old feudal law. The large-scale waste site in Bickershaw, Wigan, covers land partially owned by Wigan Council and the Duchy, which inherited the lot due to an ancient law. When someone dies without a will and has no identifiable heirs in England and Wales, their estate becomes bona vacantia – ownerless proper…
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