Purpose

To update Cabinet on the current levels of fly
tipping in Northumberland, the measures being deployed to tackle
the issue and options to further improve the Council’s
approach to minimising the impact of fly tipping on our communities
and our environment.

Content

RESOLVED
that:-
 
(a)      Cabinet approve the
proposal for a high-profile campaign in 2024/25 as outlined in the
report which adopts a tougher stance and has an increased emphasis
on flytipping being a criminal offence, that fly tips will be
investigated and that offenders will be fined and held to
account;
 
(b)      Cabinet note that since a
peak in 2019/20 of 5040 incidents there has been a reduction in the
overall numbers of fly tips compared to this baseline each year
until 2023/24;
 
(c)      Cabinet note the aim of
the campaign to deliver a significant and more rapid reduction in
flytipping incidents than the current target of securing a 5%
reduction in flytipping incidents by the end of 2026/27;
 
(d)      Cabinet approve a new
target that aims to achieve a 20% reduction in flytipping incidents
from the 2023/24 baseline by the end of 2025/26;
 
(e)      Cabinet note the good
performance of removal services and enforcement
services;
 
(f)       Cabinet approve an
increase to the current £400 level for fly tipping Fixed
Penalty Notices to £1,000, and the Fixed Penalty Notice
Policy be amended accordingly;
 
(g)      Cabinet approve increasing
the current £400 level for household waste duty of care Fixed
Penalty Notices to £600 and the Fixed Penalty Notice Policy
be amended accordingly; and
 
(h)      Cabinet approve the
proposal for increasing the CCTV resource in hot spot areas as
outlined in the report at an additional annual revenue cost of
£75,937 to be funded from contingency.