NCC 2948 - Setting new fixed penalty notice levels for litter and fly tipping, householder duty of care, graffiti and fly tipping (Table 7 Paragraph 4) (Part A)

March 19, 2024 Head of Environment (Officer) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to increase fixed penalty notice levels for littering, fly-tipping, householder duty of care, graffiti, and fly-posting, with the maximum available FPN applied unless an eLearning course is available, and to support Immediate Justice referrals for graffiti and fly-posting offences, ringfencing any additional income to support future MTFPs for Neighbourhood Wardens and educational campaigning around environmental crime.

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It is recommended that the Head of Environment
in consultation with
the Head of Legal and Democratic Services:
 
(a) FPN’s to have the maximum available
FPN with no discounted
levels unless an eLearning course is available
as detailed in the
table below:
 

 

 

 

Current DCC

Proposed DCC

 

 

 

Full

eLearning

Full

eLearning

 

 

 

Rate

Rate

Littering

£150

£85

£250

£125*

Littering (2nd offence)

N/A

N/A

£500

N/A

Fly-tipping (up to car

£400

£250

£1000

£500

bootsize)

Fly-tipping (small van)

Court

N/A

£1000

N/A

Fly-tipping(Largerthan

Court

N/A

Court

N/A

SmallVan)

Household

Duty

of

£300

N/A

£400

£250

Care

 

 

Household

Duty

of

Court

N/A

£600

N/A

Care(2nd Offence)

 

Graffiti

£100

N/A

£250

N/A

Graffiti (2nd offence)

Court

N/A

£500

N/A

Fly-posting

£100

N/A

£250

N/A

Fly-posting

 

(2nd

Court

N/A

£500

N/A

offence)

 

 

 
(b) Support Immediate Justice through
referrals for graffiti and
flyposting offences.
 
(c) Any additional income is ringfenced to
support future MTFP’s for
Neighbourhood Wardens and educational
campaigning around
environmental crime.
 
To be implemented once IT have updated the
system
 
*when the e-learning course becomes available
anticipated 2024

Supporting Documents

NCC 2948.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date19 Mar 2024