The culvert installed in Chaddesley Corbett without prior consent A LANDOWNER in Chaddesley Corbett has been fined for covering over an open stream on his land without permission. Richard Yardley, of Cakebole Lane, was fined £500 after being prosecuted for filling in six metres of the Elmley Brook and installing a culvert on his land, increasing the risk of flooding and potentially damaging the ecology and biodiversity of the area. Wyre Forest District Council lodged legal papers against Mr Yardley under the Land Drainage Act on January 22 this year. The case was brought after a senior officer from the North Worcestershire Water Management team visited the site in October 2019 and discovered that Mr Yardley had covered over part of the stream without consent from the council.