FOI request (FOIR-707904540)

Flytipping

Requested Tue 22 April 2025
Responded Tue 01 July 2025

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding fly-tipping offences between January 2022 and March 2025. Please provide the following details:

• The number of recorded fly-tipping incidents per year from January 2022 to February 2025, broken down by month and year.

Please include:

1. Age of offender (for example, under 18, 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+).

2. Gender of offender.

3. A brief description of what took place (if possible).

a. Actions taken (Fines, clean-up costs and prosecutions, and so on).

b. Object fly-tipped (white goods, building waste, mattresses, and so on).

c. Location (Urban, Rural, Layby, National Park, and so on).

If any of this information is already publicly available, I would appreciate it if you could direct me to the relevant sources. Please provide the requested data in an electronic format (such as a spreadsheet or PDF) where possible.

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Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

Fly Tipping Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs):

Jun 2022 - £400 FPN - paid for fly tipping offence of trade waste in urban location issued to a male.

Jan 2024 - £400 FPN - paid for fly tipping offence of trade waste / commercial waste in urban location issued to a male

Jun 2024 - £400 FPN - paid issued for fly tip offence of trade waste / commercial waste in urban location issued to a male

Jun 2024 - £200 FPN - paid for fly tip offence of trade waste in urban location issued to a male

Jun 2024 - £400 FPN - paid for fly tip offence of trade waste in urban location issued to a female

Jun 2024 - £400 FPN - issued to a male, for fly tip of trade waste in urban location - case withdrawn

Jul 2024 - £200 FPN - issued to a male for residential fly tip in urban location - case withdrawn

Aug 2024 - £200 FPN - issued to a female for residential fly tip - case withdrawn urban location

Dec 2024 - £200 FPN - paid - issued to a female for residential fly tip, in urban location

Feb 2025 - £400 FPN - paid - issued to a male, for commercial trade waste fly tip in urban location

We do not hold any other FPN data. Wardens also do not hold data for clear up costs or total number of fly tips reported.

We periodically receive information from waste about the quantity of waste incidents for fly tips as follows:

Jan 2022 - 34

Feb 2022 - 43

Mar 2022 - 35

Apr 2022 - 26

May 2022 - 28

Jun 2022 - 68

Jul 2022 - 154

Aug 2022 - 161

Sep 2022 - 172

Oct 2022 - 157

Nov 2022 - 142

Dec 2022 - 122

Jan 2023 - 175

Feb 2023 - 184

Mar 2023 - 166

Apr 2023 - 196

May 2023 - 220

Jun 2023 - 213

Jul 2023 - 211

Aug 2023 - 190

Sep 2023 - 182

Oct 2023 - 211

Nov 2023 - 155

Dec 2023 - 138

Jan 2024 - 209

Feb 2024 - 178

Mar 2024 - 207

Apr 2024 - 197

May 2024 - 165

Jun 2024 - 206

Jul 2024 - 182

Aug 2024 -185

Sep 2024 - 236

Oct 2024 - 214

Nov 2024 - 226

Dec 2024 - 199

Jan 2025 - 240

Feb 2025 - 223