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Darlington Borough Council have issued over £8000 in fines for fly tipping A COUNCIL has dismissed criticism after indiscriminately posting notices threatening £1,000 fines to residents, saying its tough approach on tackling the persistent issue of fly-tipped waste in back lanes is proving both effective and popular. Darlington Borough Council’s deputy leader Councillor Jonathan Dulston said serving section 46 notices detailing how householders had to dispose of waste was one of various tools the authority was employing to get a grip on particularly problematic areas of the borough. He was responding to complaints raised by councillors in the Park East ward after notices were issued to houses in seven streets stating anyone leaving a bin out without its lid fully closed would be committing an offence.
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Fly-tipping Burtree Lane, Darlington Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT. FLY-TIPPING and dog fouling offenders are set to be the focus of a ramped up programme of investigations, a meeting has heard, in a fresh drive to improve the environment for residents. Darlington Borough Council’s community safety cabinet member, Councillor Jonathan Dulston said the authority’s resources would be concentrated on gathering evidence with a view to disrupting “these people who continue to destroy our neighbourhoods”. He was speaking at a meeting of the council’s local services scrutiny committee, which had heard councillors question how much enforcement action had been taken.