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Brothers Grant and John Kay, who run the Great Chart Golf and Leisure in Ashford, allowed a number of hauliers to dump waste at the attraction in exchange for payment. An Environment Agency probe found 2, lorry loads of waste were dropped between and Some of the illegally deposited waste at the site. Environment Agency Sevenoaks Magistrates’ Court heard the brothers used the waste to create bunds around their driving range and build a zorbing ramp. Mark Luck Limited had deposited 1, loads between and , with Robert Body Haulage Limited dropping loads. The court accepted the brothers had limited knowledge of the waste industry but the hauliers – both of whom have a long history in the business – should have known better than to deposit large volumes of waste on the site. Some of the waste was used by the brothers to create a zorbing ramp The Kays had raised an area of ground outside the terms of three U1 exemptions that had been registered with the Environment Agency. Only one of the exemptions may be registered on a site in a three-year period and allows the use of only up to 1, tonnes of clean waste soil in a small scale construction scheme. To import more than 1, tonnes of soil, the operators should have obtained an environmental permit from the Environment Agency. The court accepted the brothers had limited knowledge of the waste industry but the hauliers – who both had a long history in the business – should have known better than to deposit large volumes of waste on the site.