Fly Tipping
Making Thanet a cleaner place to live and work
Report fly tipping
Please note there are over 800 privately owned alleys in Thanet. The council is not responsible for the cleaning or maintenance of private land or unadopted alleyways, the private owner is responsible.
Fly-tipping is the illegal disposal of controlled waste. It can vary in scale significantly from a single bin bag of waste to large quantities of waste dumped from trucks.
Fly-tipping is a criminal offence, we can deal with the offence with a Fixed Penalty Notice, if prosecuted in court it can lead to an unlimited fine and up to five years imprisonment.
The removal of illegally dumped waste or fly-tipped rubbish is a major draw on our resources. Most illegally dumped waste is actually domestic waste put out on a wrong day, offenders have been, are, and will be prosecuted.
Private land -We may be able to help either trace the owner or clean it occasionally, however, this cannot be guaranteed and the work will not be a priority.
Related news
Two people from Thanet were found guilty of fly-tipping in cases heard at Folkestone Magistrates’ Court on Monday 14 October.
On Friday 11 October, Thanet District Council enforcement officers teamed up with Kent Police’s Rural Task Force for a day of action, targeting suspected fly-tippers.
Officers from Thanet and other local authorities across East Kent have been working together in a joint operation to target unlicensed waste and scrap collectors
A Margate resident was found guilty of an historic fly-tipping incident on Tuesday 2 April at Medway Magistrates’ Court. He received a 12 month Community Order and was ordered to pay more than £2,700 in costs.