Latest news in Yorkshire: August 03, 2017 09:49:59 AM
Two fly tippers have been hit with £600 in fines after using the Rotherham countryside as a dumping ground – as the Council cracks down on those blighting the borough.
The men were seen to dump a total of four children’s car seats in a hedgerow at Howdike Lane, Hooton Roberts.
They were traced by Rotherham Council and issued with fixed penalty notices of £300 each under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, Section 33ZA. Both fines were subsequently paid in full.
Last year Rotherham Council’s Cabinet committed to a new “Time for Action” policy targeting fly tipping and litter. It agreed plans to issue fixed penalty notices to fly-tippers, allowing the Council to fine the perpetrators up to £400 without the need for a lengthy prosecution, with a reduced fee of £300 for early payment.
The move came after Government changes aimed at simplifying UK legislation which gave Councils new tools and powers to deal with environmental offences.
Cllr Emma Hoddinott, the Council’s Cabinet Member for Waste, Roads and Community Safety said: “I am pleased that these men paid the price for their clearly unacceptable behaviour.
“It’s a priority for us to tackle this nuisance which not only blights our area but results in law-abiding citizens having to foot the bill to see it cleaned up the Council.”
REPORT FLY-TIPPERS HERE: http://www.rotherham.gov.uk/report
OR
PHONE: 01709 336003
- Royalty in Rotherham
- A ROTHERHAM TRAGEDY
- Man jailed for Class A drugs supply
- Rotherham Council Coronavirus response
- World’s largest underwater restaurant opens in Norway
- Police and fire community safety teams join forces in major collaboration milestone
- Council seeks to change rules on sex establishments
- wathupondearne Latest news in Yorkshire: October 17, 2018 11:22:22 AM
- Week of action to tackle child criminal exploitation
- Forge Island car park gains 200 extra spaces
- ROTHERHAM BY-ELECTION
- UK’s first Tram Train to welcome passengers this month
- South Yorkshire Police to use spit hoods following trial
- Celebrate Christmas at the Mayor’s Charity Ball
- YouTuber and X Factor contestant to headline at lights switch-on
- Groom Brothers Mexborough
- Fifth of care homes ‘inadequate’ or ‘need improvement’
- Full council to consider Community Poll on devolution path for Barnsley
- Mexborough shops devastating arson attack
- Did you witness Shepcote Lane collision?
- Students across Rotherham celebrate GCSE success
- Fatal collision in Barnby Dun Doncaster
- Wath-upon-Dearne High Street – Coronation 1911
- Collision in Firbeck, Rotherham – can you help?
- Rogue landlords pay the penalty
- Fwd: Officer dragged by car in Conisbrough – did you see anything?
- Work begins on Gulliver’s theme park
- CCTV still released after Rotherham mobile phone theft
- £30,000 drug swoop in Rotherham
- HS2 demolition toll rises in Mexborough
- Information sought after man seriously injured in Thurnscoe
- Doncaster prison officer charged with conveying drugs into HMP Lindholme
- Rotherham man guilty of grooming teenager
- Goldthorpe disused railway site transformation project begins
- Witches’ Kitchen – Meadowhall at Meadowhall
- Vet School success for Yorkshire Wildlife Park students
- Two businesses broken into in Wath, Rotherham
- Council plans further investment in town centre to accelerate delivery of The Glass Works
- Victim of Rotherham assault dies
- Homes that repair themselves