Ilchester Estate Owned by Charlotte Townshend Fined £28,000 For Using Three Olympic Pools Worth of Water During Drought
The Ilchester Estate, owned by one of Britain’s wealthiest women, Charlotte Townshend, has been fined nearly £28,000 for exceeding its permitted water abstraction limits during a period of drought. The estate, which spans over 15,000 acres in Dorset, was found to have taken more than 7,500 cubic metres of water beyond its licensed limit from … Read more