Shocking scale of landowner's illegal dump - which has cost taxpayers £43k from what is desktop site on android Watch Video

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Drone pictures show the shocking scale of a landowner's dump - which has left taxpayers with a bill of more than £40k following a 10-year battle.<br/><br/>Maidstone council has spent significant sums and almost a decade pursuing Langley Beck over his 14-hectare plot.<br/><br/>The authority started enforcement action in 2014 after it found the land - located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - littered with broken vehicles and waste.<br/><br/>Beck was previously described as having a \