Bromley Council seizes vehicles in illegal waste crackdown

The authority has invoked legal powers in accordance with the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Fly-tipping is an increasing problem for local governments across England. The country’s town, city and county councils collectively dealt with 1.15 million incidents in the 2023/24 tax year, up 6% on the previous 12 months. 

In September, Crawley announced the environmental crime had reached record levels, and it was raising the maximum fine from £400 to £1000. Now another South East authority has confirmed measures it has recently taken in a bid to curb the problem 

Bromley Council has seized four vehicles it believes are connected to an illegal waste site on green belt land at St Mary Cray described by an authority spokesperson as ‘industrial scale’. According to reports, hundreds of tones of rubbish had been unlawfully dumped, with a number of cars found at the site. 

Environmental teams and the Metropolitan Police have now launched a full investigation. Meanwhile, intention of closure notices have also been issued. The vehicles will be scheduled for destruction, if inquiries prove they were there unlawfully. 

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