Over £5k in fines as council cracks down on fly tippers

Bromsgrove District Council is reinforcing its zero tolerance stance on fly tipping after £5,390 in fines were given to individuals last year.

Last year was the first year of targeted enforcement activity supported by Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) in the district, and it saw 33 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued between December 2024 and November 2025.

Local patrols, intelligence from the community, and investigative expertise by WRS – including in vehicle tracing, evidence analysis, and witness liaison – helped the council identify offenders and take action.

Cllr Peter Whittaker, Portfolio Holder for Environmental Services, said: “Bromsgrove District residents are rightly fed up with environmental crime, which is why we beefed up enforcement including by bringing in WRS.

“With specialist intelligence and investigative support, we are better placed than ever to hold unscrupulous people to account. People need to know that if they dump waste on the public here, they can expect to be found, and face penalties all the way up to prosecution.”

One example on the Alvechurch Highway saw evidence in dumped mattresses, plywood and bin bags lead investigators to a homeowner who had paid someone with a van to remove items from their garden - without checking for a waste carrier’s licence or getting a receipt. These breaches of their legal duty of care saw them pay an FPN of £160.

Always check a waste carrier is on the Environment Agency’s public license register before you use them, to avoid falling foul of unlicensed ‘man with a van’ scams. You could end up fined if your waste is fly tipped and you failed to use a licensed carrier or keep a receipt.

To report fly tipping on public land to the council, and help provide information that can help catch fly tippers, visit www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/flytip. You can also report information about a suspected environmental crime to WRS investigators on 01905 822799 or www.worcsregservices.gov.uk/all-services/enviro-crime.