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Brent comes third in the UK for worst flytipping cases
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A “beefed up” enforcement strategy and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a reduction in fly-tipping reports in Brent over the past year.
Brent Council officers told a resources and public realm scrutiny committee on Monday (May 10) there were around 31,000 fly-tipping complaints made between April 2020 and April 2021.
According to Chris Whyte, operational director of environmental and employment services at Brent Council, this was around 3,000 fewer than the same period 12 months earlier.
The majority of Brent s 22,890 fly-tips were reported on the borough s highways, with 53 incidents on council-owned land and 27 in private or residential spaces and sent warning letters and fixed penalty notices, in 6,632 cases.
There have been issues in some parts of the borough, including Welsh Harp reservoir (Photo: Leila Taheri) A “beefed up” enforcement strategy and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic led to a reduction in fly-tipping reports in Brent over the past year. Brent Council officers told a resources and public realm scrutiny committee yesterday (Monday, May 10) there were around 31,000 fly-tipping complaints made between April 2020 and April 2021. According to Chris Whyte, operational director of environmental and employment services at Brent Council, this was around 3,000 fewer than the same period 12 months earlier. He acknowledged the impact the Covid-19 pandemic will have had on these statistics but pointed to an improved approach to enforcement as another reason for the decrease.
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