Brent Council is cracking down on fines and patrols

A north-west London council has launched a new scheme to tackle fly-tipping, which has led to a 141% increase in Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued in one month.

As part of the initiative, Brent Council said it had employed more patrol teams, which can issue fines of up to £1,000.

The council said 851 people had received FPNs for flying caps in the month to June 27, compared with 353 the previous month.

The local authority said that in 2023-24, managing the flight decline cost local taxpayers more than £1.5m, which it claimed could have been spent on important frontline services.

Hundreds of FPNs issued as part of the Don’t Mess with Brent campaign include 10 notices for a recent “large-scale fly-tipping event at a Bridge Park site”, which the council said were issued after teams tracked trash back to properties around the world. London.

CCTV cameras have also been installed in fly-tipping hotspots in the neighborhood and ‘wanted’ posters have been put up asking members of the public for information about specific incidents.

More than half of all FPNs issued under the scheme had already been paid, the board added.