Owner of damaged embankment apologizes - he now intends to reestablish in the area

At the end of March and beginning of April, excavators moved thousands of cubic meters of soil over several days on a coastal cliff in Brejning southeast of Vejle.

Also read: 'A beautiful nearly untouched coastline, destroyed': Coastal landscape leveled with excavators and bulldozers without permission ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/et-fint-stykke-stort-set-uberoert-kyst-som-er-oedelagt-kystlandskab-jaevnet-med )

In some places, five to seven meters of soil was added, and in another place, a hill was removed, and the weight of the large amount of soil that was moved caused the seabed to rise several meters out from the cliff.

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> It is a very unfortunate situation, but it is nonetheless a step in the right direction, that one acknowledges that something inappropriate has happened.

> Søren Peschardt (S), chairman of the Climate, Nature, and Environment Committee in Vejle Municipality.

Simultaneously, metal plates were driven down as far as 50 meters in width, and the work meant, according to GEUS, that several natural values were lost.

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The landowner regrets

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The owner will soon have to run the soil in the opposite direction and remove the spurs.

The owner of the cliff promises in a hearing with the Coastal Directorate to contribute to the reestablishment of the area as best as possible.

All work was done without permission, even though the soil lies within the coastal protection line 300 meters from the coast, where one may not perform such actions without having obtained permission.

The owner will not speak with DR, but in the hearing he expresses regret for the situation.

He writes among other things, that he is 'genuinely sorry' for the situation and acknowledges that the work was performed without prior government approval.

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Also need to remove unauthorized coastal protection

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In Vejle Municipality, Søren Peschardt (S), chairman of the Climate, Nature, and Environment Committee, is satisfied that the owner will move the soil back.

- It is a very unfortunate situation, but it is nonetheless a step in the right direction, that one acknowledges that something inappropriate has happened, says Søren Peschardt.

But it is not the only piece of work that awaits.

Vejle Municipality has ordered the owner to remove approximately 70 meters of coastal protection on two areas on the beach near the cliff.

It is among other things the coastal protection here in the picture, which the landowner has received notice to remove. (Photo: © Vejle Kommune)

The coastal protection consists of large stones, which have been laid out without permission from the municipality, and they must be removed no later than August 17, writes Vejle Municipality in a rejection of an application for permission for coastal protection, which we at DR have obtained sight of.

Here the owner had sought permission to leave the coastal protection, but the municipality has rejected it.

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Also looking at old cases

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The warned orders for the restoration of the cliff and the order to remove the unauthorized coastal protection are not necessarily the last point in the case.

For Vejle Municipality and the Coastal Directorate are also considering whether several old cases with the same owner in the same area should be reopened.

- We were there for a joint inspection on July 4 specifically to look at several things. Also old cases, and we are not finished with collecting evidence, says planning chief in Vejle Municipality Lars Buksti.

In Vejle Municipality, there is a great desire to deal with all the cases that must be with the aforementioned owner in the area.

It says chairman of the Climate, Nature, and Environment Committee in Vejle Municipality, Søren Peschardt.

- So, it is indeed one of the most extreme acts of nature destruction, I have ever seen, and it makes us obligated to do exactly what we can to correct it as quickly as possible and as well and effectively as possible.

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