Stockport council has only issued TWO fly-tipping fines since last May, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The eyebrow-raising statistic - bosses expect more than 3,000 fly-tipping reports this municipal year - was revealed by Labour councillor David Meller at a recent full council meeting.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands both were fixed penalty notices, bringing in £120 and £250 respectively. The town hall spent more than £5,000 of Proceeds of Crime funding on enforcement cameras back in 2019.
Coun Meller told the meeting that, while there had been ‘much fanfare’ about the Stockport Spring Clean campaign, street cleaning was a ‘whole year endeavour'.And given reports earlier in the meeting of successfully bringing rogue traders to book, he was ‘surprised’ by the figures on fly-tipping action.
