Fly tipping fines in South Bucks more than doubled this week with the maximum Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) going up to £1,000. On December 12 Buckinghamshire Council’s Cabinet voted in favour of bringing local policies in line with national penalties and increased the single fly tipping fine from £400 to £1,000. Further penalties such as custodial sentences could apply to more serious fly tipping offences. This further illustrates our zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping in Buckinghamshire.”Over the last year Buckinghamshire Council’s enforcement team have dealt with 68 fly tipping offences resulting in court prosecution fines and fixed penalties totalling more than £55,000. “The trouble with them is, unlike us and other good firms, they don’t have the correct licenses to dispose of rubbish correctly and they end up fly tipping it.

Source: Express December 22, 2023 06:04 UTC