Charges for fly-tipping and littering may be significantly hiked to discourage offending in a West London borough. From July this year, residents living in Hammersmith and Fulham could be paying almost double the current charge for littering offences, and up to five-times as much for fly-tipping. Councillors are due to vote on the move, recommended by council officers, at a Cabinet meeting next Monday (June 3).
The Fixed Penalty Notices charges (FPNs) for littering and fly-tipping were last set in December 2017. At that time, the FPN for littering was established at £80, with an early repayment amount of £60, while fly-tipping was £200, or £150 if early. Under the proposed increases, the maximum permitted charge for littering would rise to £150, with an early repayment amount of £100, and fly-tipping to £1,000, with the early charge set at £500.
The council is also looking to introduce a new charge, for breaches of the Household Waste Duty of Care, at a cost of £400, or £250 if paid early. READ MORE: Dense CCTV network helps West London council record largest cut to fly-tipping in city Cases which would fall under this include when someone is found to have sent their household waste to a person at a site which does not have an exemption or a permit, or when fly-tipped waste can be traced back to someone who is found “to have failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that they transferred the waste to an authorised person”. In documents published ahead of next we.
