{"id":765318,"date":"2026-09-09T18:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/765318\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T18:42:09","slug":"bradford-fly-tipping-fines-raise-3000-in-first-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/765318\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradford fly-tipping fines raise \u00a33,000 in first year"},"content":{"rendered":"

A council has raised just \u00a33,000 since it introduced a higher maximum penalty for fly-tipping, it has been revealed.<\/p>\n

In September last year, Bradford Council increased the maximum fine that could be given to fly-tippers from \u00a3400 to \u00a31,000.<\/p>\n

Since then, six fines of \u00a31,000 have been issued for the offence, with just three of those fines paid so far.<\/p>\n

At a meeting of Bradford Council’s Shipley Area Committee on Wednesday, members were told work was being done to tackle issues including fly-tipping, littering and dog fouling.<\/p>\n

From September, the maximum Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) for fly-tipping in England will increase from \u00a31,000 to \u00a35,000.<\/p>\n

A report presented to councillors stated that would give local authorities “more flexibility to set fines that reflect how serious the offence is”.<\/p>\n

“Prosecution will still be considered for the most serious cases or where offenders repeatedly fly-tip,” it added.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced the increased fines on 20 August while visiting one of the country’s largest illegal dump sites, on Midland Road in Bradford.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Bradford Council voted to reopen Sugden End Household Waste Recycling Centre near Keighley<\/a> after it was closed by the previous Labour-run administration in 2024 as part of cost-saving measures.<\/p>\n

The report also explained the current levels of FPNs for fly-tipping, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The current penalties are \u00a31,000 for the most serious offences, \u00a3400 for medium-level offences, reduced to \u00a3300 for early payment, and \u00a3150 for minor offences, such as fly-tipping a single item,” it said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A council has raised just \u00a33,000 since it introduced a higher maximum penalty for fly-tipping, it has been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-765318","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\/765318","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=765318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}