The entrance to our beloved village has been marred by a persistent issue - fly-tipping. This issue has only worsened with the closure of Dalton Bank Road, bringing more traffic and increasing our beautiful village's fly-tipping problem. The primary contributor to this disturbing issue is the local layby bottle bank and bin area. They have become magnets for fly-tipping, jeopardizing the aesthetics of our village entrance, and more importantly, the environment.

Let's take a stand for the aesthetic integrity of Kirkheaton and our shared environment. By signing this petition, you voice your support to address this issue urgently. Sign today, and let's together save our village from the scourge of fly-tipping.

We ask the Council for the installation of CCTV Cameras in this location to prevent regular and continued unauthorised waste disposal or at least a means to trace these perpetrators. Surveillance has proven to be an effective solution to deter fly-tippers. A study by the Environmental Journal stated that fly-tipping decreased by 70% in areas with surveillance.

Fly-tipping is an incessant problem all over the UK. The Government Updated Figures on this are:

• For the 2022/23 year, local authorities in England dealt with 1.08 million fly-tipping incidents, a decrease of 1% from the 1.09 million reported in 2021/22.
• In 2022/23, 60% of fly-tips involved household waste. Total incidents involving household waste were 653,000 in 2022/23, a decrease of 3% from 671,000 incidents in 2021/22.
• The most common place for fly-tipping to occur was on highways (pavements and roads), which accounted for two fifths (40%) of total incidents in 2022/23. In 2022/23, the number of highway incidents was 433,000, which was a decrease of 7% from 464,000 in 2021/22.
• The most common size category for fly-tipping incidents in 2022/23 was equivalent to a ‘small van load’ (31% of total incidents), followed by the equivalent of a ‘car boot or less’ (27%).
  In 2022/23, 42,000 or around 4% of total incidents were of ‘tipper lorry load’ size or larger, which is an increase of 13% from 37,000 in 2021/22. For these large fly-tipping incidents, the cost of clearance to local authorities in England in 2022/23 was £13.2 million, compared with £10.7 million in 2021/22.
• Local authorities carried out 532,000 enforcement actions in 2022/23, an increase of 24,000 actions (5%) from 507,000 in 2021/22.
• The number of fixed penalty notices issued was 69,000 in 2022/23, a decrease of 25% from 91,000 in 2021/22. This is the second most common action after investigations and accounted for 13% of all actions in 2022/23.
• The average court fine has increased from £466 in 2021/22 to £526 in 2022/23. The total number of court fines decreased by 17% from 1,798 in 2021/22 to 1,491 in 2022/23, with the combined value of these fines decreasing by 6% from £837,000 to £785,000.
  Therefore, we should not allow this nuisance to grow unchecked in our community.

Above info taken from: UK Government Website