{"id":467449,"date":"2026-03-10T08:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/467449\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:38:07","slug":"deane-estate-targeted-by-fly-tippers-say-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/467449\/","title":{"rendered":"Deane estate targeted by fly-tippers, say residents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n The estate between Fern Street and Blackshaw Lane has been the site of repeated large fly-tipping<\/a> incidents in recent months, with some residents resorting to clearing things up for themselves.\n<\/p>\n

\n Bolton Council<\/a> has been made aware of the incidents, but residents are concerned that measures are reactive rather than preventative.\n<\/p>\n

\n Recent fly-tipping on the estate (Image: Ahmad Alsamdai)\n<\/p>\n

\n Resident Ahmad Alsamdai said: “I’ve had to ring family members to help clear things, which I don’t like doing.\n<\/p>\n

\n “They occasionally send someone to clear it but it keeps recurring all the time – I’m on the phone to Bolton at Home or Bolton Council every other week.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Council tax has just gone up – I know it covers a lot of other things, but one of the charges is for environmental health.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Ahmad is concerned that, although rubbish does eventually get removed, not enough is being done to prevent new issues from occurring.\n<\/p>\n

\n “I’ve suggested CCTV cameras, but they’ve said they wouldn’t be useful because they wouldn’t be able to identify people,” said Ahmad, “But surely it would help.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Ward councillor Abdul Atcha had not previously been made aware of the issue, but has confirmed he will attend the site to take a view of what could be done.\n<\/p>\n

\n A recent fly-tipping incident on the estate (Image: Ahmad Alsamdai)\n<\/p>\n

\n Cllr Atcha said: “For the last few months we’ve have a dedicated enforcement officer who can help with issues like this.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Since he came in we’ve had an increase in the number of people caught for fly-tipping<\/a>, and the number of fines has gone up.\n<\/p>\n

\n “I will let the officer know that this has been happening.”\n<\/p>\n

\n Cllr Atcha urged residents to copy himself and the other ward councillors into any communications they have regarding fly tipping, as this ensures problems are dealt with quickly.\n<\/p>\n

\n In a statement, Bolton Council said: \u201cThe fly- tip around Fern Street has now been cleared.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe will continue to monitor the area during our regular patrols.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n Bolton Council have been reached for further comment.\n<\/p>\n

\n Recent research from the BBC Shared Data Department showed that Bolton experienced the third highest increase in large fly-tipping incidents between 2020 and this year.\n<\/p>\n

\n There were 934 tipper-lorry-sized incidents in Bolton between 2024\/25 – in 2019\/20, this figure was 54, an increase of almost 20x.\n<\/p>\n

\n Cllr Richard Silvester, Executive Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment, put this increase down to the council’s increased focus on the reporting of incidents.\n<\/p>\n

\n He added: “It shows that the Labour administration is cleaning up the borough as we had promised in our local manifesto.\n<\/p>\n

\n “The figures show that we are taking fly tipping seriously and getting these incidents reported.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The estate between Fern Street and Blackshaw Lane has been the site of repeated large fly-tipping incidents in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-467449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}