Cabinet received a report of the Senior Environmental Crime Officer

Councillor Collett introduced the report and explained that currently fixed penalty notices were £200, which were reduced to £120 if they were paid within ten days.  Regulations came in 2016 which allowed councils to make variations and it was considered time to change the penalty level to £300 with a reduced fee of £150 which would be in line with other councils.  It was considered that this was a significant enough penalty to be a deterrent and would reflect that the council took fly tipping seriously. 

In response to questions from the Mayor, the Head of Community and Environmental Services explained that the penalty helped to cover the council’s costs and the increased monetary value would act as a deterrent.  It was also explained that an example of small scale fly tipping offence was two black sacks.

RESOLVED –

that the penalty charge for a fixed penalty notice issued for fly tipping under the Unauthorised Deposit of Waste (Fixed Penalties) Regulations 2016 be set at £300 and reduced to £150 if paid within 10 days.