{"id":2300,"date":"2026-05-21T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:42:12","slug":"public-notice-of-an-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"Public notice of an appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public Notice of an appeal by Faldingworth Defence Limited against the imposed variation of their explosives licence by the Health and Safety Executive <\/strong><\/p>\n

Appellant Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Faldingworth Defence Limited (FDL)
\nSite Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Faldingworth Base, Spridlington Road LN8 3SQ.
\nOriginal Decision Authority\/Respondent:<\/strong>\u00a0The Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
\nNature of the Appeal:<\/strong>\u00a0FDL is appealing to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions against the HSE\u2019s decision to impose a variation on their explosives licence under the Explosives Regulations 2014.<\/p>\n

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions\u00a0has appointed Andrew Kinnier KC\u00a0to hear the appeal\u00a0on his behalf and to make recommendations about the outcome of the appeal so that he can\u00a0make a determination\u00a0in due course.<\/p>\n

Grounds for Appeal: <\/strong>The grounds of the appeal are as follows:<\/p>\n

That the HSE has failed to identify any change in circumstances on the Faldingworth site since the issue of Exemption Certificates and Explosives Licences to tenants on the site that has resulted in the health and safety of those working there being prejudiced.
\nThat there has been no material change in site circumstances and therefore Regulation 16(1)(a) is not applicable.
\nThat a number of the changes proposed by HSE are outside the provisions of Regulation 16(1)(a).
\nThat HSE has failed to give appropriate consideration to representations made under Regulation 16(5).
\nThat HSE is acting contrary to the Explosives Regulations in the enforcement of separation distances.
\nThat HSE failed to consult on reasonable alternatives to the variation proposed.
\nThe action taken is disproportionate and unnecessary.<\/p>\n

Date of Hearing:<\/strong> This appeal will be heard in person at Henderson Chambers, 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London EC4Y 9DB on 15 and 16\u00a0June 2026
\nPersons wishing to attend or be heard:<\/strong>\u00a0 Persons wishing to attend the appeal or to apply to be heard at the appeal shall inform the Health and Safety Executive by 5th June 2026<\/strong>, either by emailing Explosives.Licencing@hse.gov.uk<\/a> or by writing to:<\/p>\n

Explosives licensing<\/p>\n

1.2 Redgrave Court<\/p>\n

Merton Road<\/p>\n

Bootle<\/p>\n

L20 7HS<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Any persons applying to be heard must also serve on HSE a statement of their proposed submissions by 5<\/strong>\u00a0June 2026<\/strong>, which will then be shared with the Appellant and the Secretary of State\u2019s Appointed Person. The Secretary of State\u2019s Appointed Person will then decide the application to be heard.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Public Notice of an appeal by Faldingworth Defence Limited against the imposed variation of their explosives licence by the Health and Safety Executive Appellant Name:\u00a0Faldingworth Defence Limited (FDL) Site Location:\u00a0Faldingworth Base, Spridlington Road LN8 3SQ. Original Decision Authority\/Respondent:\u00a0The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Nature of the Appeal:\u00a0FDL is appealing to the Secretary of State for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.safetyphoto.co.uk\/safety_news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}