{"id":697859,"date":"2026-07-18T04:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697859\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T04:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T04:46:26","slug":"fly-tip-on-llantarnam-industrial-estate-landed-2200-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/697859\/","title":{"rendered":"Fly-tip on Llantarnam industrial estate landed \u00a32,200 fine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The incident took place at Llantarnam Industrial Estate in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwalesargus.co.uk\/local-news\/cwmbran-news\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cwmbran<\/a> in October 2024, after the estate\u2019s management company reported dumped rubbish to Torfaen council\u2019s public protection service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Items left at the scene included a large green plastic water butt, a plastic chair and other general waste.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Anthony Last, of Henllys Way in St Dials, Cwmbran, was identified after CCTV footage captured the offence and vehicle checks confirmed he was the registered owner of the car involved.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He was due to appear before magistrates on July 6, 2026, but failed to attend.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was arrested three days later and brought before the court.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Last was ordered to pay a total of \u00a32,252, including a \u00a3180 fine, a \u00a372 victim surcharge and \u00a32,000 in costs to Torfaen council.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council said the case demonstrates its tough stance on fly-tipping and warned that offenders could face significant penalties.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council uses CCTV, vehicle checks and information from the public to identify offenders and secure convictions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Residents and businesses are reminded that there are legal routes for disposing of waste, including licensed waste carriers and local recycling centres.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Torfaen council encourages the public to report fly-tipping by providing details such as vehicle registrations, descriptions and precise locations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Reports can be made online, through the Torfaen council app or by phone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The council warns that dumping rubbish illegally can ultimately cost far more than disposing of it properly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident took place at Llantarnam Industrial Estate in Cwmbran in October 2024, after the estate\u2019s management company&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-697859","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\/697859","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=697859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}