Fly-tipping in Gloucester rose from 1,336 incidents in 2023/24 to 1,513 in 2024/25, according to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).
Ann Maidment, regional director for the South West at Country Land and Business Association, said: “Fly tipping places an unbearable burden on farmers and landowners who have had enough.
“It is not a minor nuisance – it is a serious rural crime often driven by organised criminal networks.”
But Bowkett said he was confident fly-tipping would not increase due to the closure of the site, and that there were “always bookings available” for other household waste disposal sites in Gloucestershire.
“I’m pretty sure the vast, vast majority of our residents across our county are law-abiding citizens who understand the way the waste is disposed,” he added.