Fixed penalty notice charges set to rise from 2024
Last night at Boston's Cabinet meeting councillors fully backed a £600 rise in the fixed penalty charge for people fly-tipping in the Borough of Boston - this is more than double the previous £400 charge, now totalling £1,000.
The decision will come into effect from Monday 1 January 2024. The new Environmental Offences (Fixed Penalties) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2023 which came into force on 31st July 2023, have increased the upper fixed penalty limit for the specified offences. The Regulations were introduced as part of the Governments Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan launched earlier this year, supporting Councils in tackling environmental crime offences.
Along with the fly-tipping increase measures, offences for household waste duty of care will be increased to £600, whilst littering offences will be increased to £250 and graffiti and fly-posting offences will be increased to £300 - all with early payment reductions if paid within 10 days.
Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services at Boston Borough Council, said: "I am very pleased that the fine levels have been increased to better reflect the effect that this heinous crime has on residents daily lives. Not only does this cost the council to clear up, but has a devastating effect on residents' health and wellbeing. We are determined to do everything we can to reduce the amount of fly-tipping incidents on the streets of our borough.
"A huge thanks must go to the council Flyswat team who go out day after day to make our streets respectable.
"This decision also supports the aims laid out in the Council's Corporate Strategy 2020-2024, a place where people want to live, work and visit, and proactively educate and enforce against environmental crime."
Any fixed penalty notices not paid within the timeframe given by the issuer will be passed on for court action. This could also lead to a criminal conviction on their records.
You can report fly-tipping incidents and other environmental crimes to the Council via its website www.boston.gov.uk/report and you can also find out more information about your individual duty of care regarding waste and check a waste carriers licence here https://environment.data.gov.uk/public-register/view/search-waste-carriers-brokers
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