Bigger fines for fly-tippers in crackdown

The council said fly-tippers could receive fines of up to £1,000

Fly-tippers could face bigger fines as a council aims to clamp down on offenders.

Coventry City Council has increased the maximum fine from £200 to £1,000 as part of a move to tackle fly-tipping.

It said it had had to deal with 5,883 instances of fly-tipping during the last 12 months with more than 900 notices and 250 fixed penalties issued for waste related offences.

Deputy council leader Abdul Salam Khan said the authority was "determined to help improve neighbourhoods".

The maximum fine for littering has increased from £100 to £1,000.

“Residents and councillors have been calling for an increase in the FPNs and we’ll monitor the impact this has," Khan said.

"We are making people aware that they will be caught.

“Anyone who witnesses fly-tipping can report it anonymously and we also have officers who are out and about in hotspots."