Wellingborough and Great Oakley fly-tipping probed by council

Items including furniture and kitchen equipment have been dumped in Mill Road, Wellingborough

Council officials say a "targeted investigation" is under way in two streets affected by fly-tipping.

North Northamptonshire Council said items had been dumped in Mill Road, Wellingborough, and Brooke Road, Great Oakley.

Five fixed penalties of up to £400 have been handed out.

The council said it had a "zero-tolerance" approach towards fly-tipping and had put up signs in the affected streets.

Mill Road is a typical late-Victorian terraced street that grew up with the town's shoe industry, while Brooke Road is a more rural road, lined with hedges and trees.

Items including a mattress and ironing board have been dumped at Brooke Road in Great Oakley

The council said both had experienced ongoing issues, with bags of waste, furniture and other household items dumped.

A picture released by the council showed several items, including a folding table, cutlery tray and washing-up bowl, dumped by a litter bin behind Mill Road.

Another image from Brooke Road showed a mattress, an ironing board and several full cardboard boxes.

The Conservative-run council said officers would continue to monitor both areas.

North Northamptonshire Council's leader, Jason Smithers, said it had a "zero-tolerance policy" towards fly-tipping

Matt Binley, Conservative executive member for highways, said: "Fly-tipping is irresponsible and has a hugely negative impact on our local area, not to mention the cost to taxpayers to clear up the dumped waste."

The council's Conservative leader, Jason Smithers, said: "We have a zero-tolerance approach towards fly-tipping and wherever possible, we will investigate cases across the area, as well as targeted action in known problem areas.

"We will not hesitate to take enforcement action and in the last four months, the council has issued 24 waste offence-related fixed penalty notices."