Environmental enforcement
Enforcement activities are carried out in support of the Council’s statutory duties for the maintenance of the street scene and the visual amenity of the local environment.
The environmental enforcement team works in partnership with officers from streetcare, waste management, community safety, legal services teams and Avon and Somerset Police, to deal with individuals and organisations who commit crimes, which have a detrimental impact on the environment.
The types of crimes committed include fly tipping offences, waste presentation offences, street scene offences such as littering or fly posting and community anti-social behaviour offences such as breaches of public space protection orders (PSPOs).
Our partnership approach to environmental offences has resulted in the following successful prosecutions:
Environmental enforcement
| Offence(s) | Court Date | Verdict | Sentence | Victim Surcharge | Costs | Further details |
| Fly tipping / No Waste Transfer Note / Unauthorised Transfer Station | 28/06/2021 | Guilty | 18 weeks custody suspended for 12 months / 4 weeks custody / Clear up costs of £445 and 200 hours of unpaid work | – | £1,946 | Link |
| Fly tipping | 22/02/2021 | Guilty | £1996 | £181 | £773 | Link |
| Fly tipping | 11/01/2021 | Guilty | £80 | £34 | £100 | Link |
| Duty of care | 24/08/2020 | Guilty | £2,577 | £170 | £673.50 | Link |
| Duty of care | 15/01/2020 | Guilty | £100 | £30 | £574.00 | Link |
| Fly tipping | 16/07/2019 | Guilty | 9 months jail sentence (suspended) and 4 months curfew | £140 | £812 | Link |
| Duty of care | 19/06/2019 | Guilty | £415 plus £141.01 Clear up costs | £41 | £400 | Link |
| Duty of care | 24/04/2019 | Guilty | 3 months conditional discharge | £20 | £110 | Link |
| Fly tipping | 13/02/2019 | Guilty | £80 | £30 | £609.50 | Link |
| Duty of care | 13/02/2019 | Guilty | £40 | £30 | £85 | Link |
| Flytipping | 19/12/2018 | Guilty | £320 | £32 | £400 | Link |
| Flytipping/Waste Carriers Licence | 19/12/2018 | Guilty | £1000 | £485.09 | Link | |
| Flytipping/Waste Carriers Licence | 05/12/2018 | Guilty | 160 hours Community Service |
£85 | £725.59 | Link |
| Duty of Care | 05/12/2018 | Guilty | £721 | £72 | £818.50 | Link |
| Duty of Care / No Waste Transfer Note | 10/10/2018 | Guilty | £200 | £30 | £930 | Link |
| Duty of Care | 18/07/2018 | Guilty | £200 | £30 | £300 | Link |
| Duty of Care / No Waste Transfer Note / s108 Offence | 20/06/2018 | Guilty | £1,000 | £40 | £1,274.41 | Link |
| Flytipping | 31/01/2018 | Guilty | £120 | £30 | £350 | Link |
| Flytipping / Waste Transfer Note / Processing Waste | 31/01/2018 | Guilty | 68 weeks imprisonment | £140 | £2,070.30 | Link |
| Duty of Care / No Waste Transfer Note | 20/12/2017 | Guilty | £120 | – | £150 | Link |
| Flytipping / Waste Carriers Licence / Duty of Care | 22/11/2017 | Guilty | £500 | £50 | £1,347.50 | Link |
| Flytipping / Waste Carriers Licence | 25/10/2017 | Guilty | 10 weeks Community Order / Curfew | £85 | £1,000 | Link |
| Duty of Care/ s108 Offence | 15/09/2017 | Guilty | £500 | £30 | £977.50 | Link |
| Flytipping | 18/08/2017 | Guilty | £100 | – | £440 | Link |
| Flytipping | 18/08/2017 | Guilty | £480 | £48 | £952 | Link |
| Flytipping | 03/03/2017 | Guilty | £400 | £40 | £500 | Link |
| Flytipping | 03/03/2017 | Guilty | £650 | £65 | £500 | Link |
| Flytipping / Waste Carriers Licence / Duty of Care | 03/03/2017 | Guilty | £480 | £48 | £610 | Link |
| Flytipping | 20/01/2017 | Guilty | £200 | – | £500 | Link |
| Littering | 09/01/2017 | Guilty | £80 | £30 | £500 | Link |
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