South Holland council imposes 800 fly-tipping and litter fines

Penalties were handed out for environmental crimes include fly-tipping, spitting, littering and dog-fouling

More than 800 fly-tipping and littering fines have been imposed by a Lincolnshire council since March.

South Holland District Council said more than 100 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) were handed out in November alone.

The environmental crimes included fly-tipping, spitting, littering and dog-fouling.

Of those fined, 20 people were prosecuted in November for failing to pay, the council said.

Twenty people were prosecuted at Boston Magistrates' Court on 2 and 11 November with all given the same penalty of a £220 fine, plus costs and a victim surcharge totalling another £200, the authority said.

'Blight communities'

The 109 FPNs given in November - three for fly-tipping, 11 for spitting and 95 for littering - mean since March, the total number of FPNs has risen to 812.

South Holland District Council said enviro-crimes like these "blight communities" but officers were doing "fantastic work" to tackle them.

Councillor Anthony Casson, portfolio holder for public protection, said the council would not tolerate the issue "anywhere in South Holland".

He added: "We will continue to do our upmost to protect our towns, villages, waterways and countryside and bring those responsible to justice."

Penalties for environmental crimes were increased in August to deter would-be offenders living and visiting South Holland, the council said.

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