Fines for littering and fly tipping
Received 8 April 2026
1. How many fines were issued annually by the district council for littering, since 2010 (please provide breakdown per year)?
2. How many fines were issued annually for fly-tipping offences, since 2010 (please provide breakdown per year)?
3. How many fly-tip incidents have been reported to the district council since 2010 (please provide breakdown per year)?
4. What is the district council doing to catch and penalise individuals who litter and fly-tip?
5. How much does the district council now spend each year to pick-up/clear litter?
6. How much does district now spend each year to pick-up/clear fly-tips?
Responded 13 April 2026
1. Littering numbers are provided in Q2
2.
2017
Fly tipping 0
Breach of householder waste duty of care 0
Waste documentation offences 0
Litter 0
2018
Fly tipping 4
Breach of householder waste duty of care 0
Waste documentation offences 0
Litter 12
2019
Fly tipping 10
Breach of householder waste duty of care 1
Waste documentation offences
Litter 12
2020
Fly tipping 6
Breach of householder waste duty of care 3
Waste documentation offences 0
Litter 6
2021
Fly tipping 6
Breach of householder waste duty of care 4
Waste documentation offences (waste carrier licence/waste transfer notes) 4
Litter 4
2022
Fly tipping 3
Breach of householder waste duty of care 10
Waste documentation offences (waste carrier licence/waste transfer notes) 2
Litter 4
2023
Fly tipping 0
Breach of householder waste duty of care 8
Waste documentation offences (waste carrier licence/waste transfer notes) 0
Litter 6
2024
Fly tipping 1
Breach of householder waste duty of care 6
Waste documentation offences (waste carrier licence/waste transfer notes) 0
Litter 6
2025
Fly tipping 2
Breach of householder waste duty of care 6
Waste documentation offences (waste carrier licence/waste transfer notes)
Litter 4
2026
Fly tipping 0
Breach of Householder waste duty of care 0
Waste documentation offences 0
Litter 1
3. Data available from 2017. We do not have a data set for the period before this.
2017 - 562
2018 - 750
2019 - 620
2020 - 589
2021 - 739
2022 - 536
2023 - 444
2024 - 432
2025 - 448
4. Prosecution, fixed penalty, target hardening of vulnerable fly tipping areas.
5. The street cleansing budget for 2026/27 has been set at £1,274,351. This covers fly tipping clearance and disposal, litter picking and disposal, emptying and disposal of litter and dog waste bins, cleansing of roads, removal of graffiti. We do not budget these costs separately.