Fly tipping
Case reference EIR2025/02266
Received 17 November 2025
Published 16 December 2025
Request
Please could you respond to the following questions:
1. How many reports of fly tipping did the council receive on public land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
2. How many reports of fly tipping did the council receive on private land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
3. How many people did the council prosecute for fly tipping on public land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
4. How many people did the council prosecute for fly tipping on private land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
5. How many fines did the council give out for fly tipping on public land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
6. How many fines did the council give out for fly tipping on private land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
7. What was the total amount in fines that the council handed out for fly tipping in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
8. How much have private landowners had to pay to remove fly tipped rubbish on their land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
Response
Please could you respond to the following questions:
1. How many reports of fly tipping did the council receive on public land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A: The Service Area have advised that they do not record whether a fly tip is on public or private land during the recording process. Therefore figures for all types of land have been provided throughout the response.
|
Year |
|
|
2020 |
1014 |
|
2021 |
1321 |
|
2022 |
1095 |
|
2023 |
983 |
|
2024 |
1032 |
|
2025 |
940 |
2. How many reports of fly tipping did the council receive on private land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A: See above
3. How many people did the council prosecute for fly tipping on public land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A:
|
Year |
|
|
2020 |
3 |
|
2021 |
6 |
|
2022 |
15 |
|
2023 |
6 |
|
2024 |
8 |
|
2025 |
2 |
4. How many people did the council prosecute for fly tipping on private land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A: See above
5. How many fines did the council give out for fly tipping on public land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A:
|
Year |
|
|
2020 |
9 |
|
2021 |
4 |
|
2022 |
8 |
|
2023 |
5 |
|
2024 |
4 |
|
2025 |
1 |
6. How many fines did the council give out for fly tipping on private land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A: See above
7. What was the total amount in fines that the council handed out for fly tipping in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A:
|
Year |
Amount |
Total |
|
2020 |
9 |
£3,600.00 |
|
2021 |
4 |
£1,600.00 |
|
2022 |
8 |
£3,200.00 |
|
2023 |
5 |
£2,000.00 |
|
2024 |
4 |
£1,600.00 |
|
2025 |
1 |
£400.00 |
8. How much have private landowners had to pay to remove fly tipped rubbish on their land in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and up to November 2025?
A: We do not hold this information, as it is the land owners responsibility to remove the waste, we do not ask them how much it costs.
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