Fixed Penalty Notices for environmental crimes

Since the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 became law, new measures have been introduced, enabling local authorities to fine anyone committing an environmental crime that damages the environment. Authorities in Norfolk have agreed set levels of fines to cover all of the county. Please see details of fines and offences below.

Details of fixed penalty notices

A fixed penalty notice could be issued if you:

drop litter, including cigarette ends, chewing gum, drinks cans, fast food packaging, or any other rubbish.
fail to comply with a street litter control notice or a litter clearing notice.
fail to comply with a dog control order.
cause damage through graffiti or fly-posting.
fail to produce waste documents of authority transport waste.
place your household rubbish or trade waste out for collection on the pavement or the at wrong times/location.
abandon or repair a vehicle in the street, or expose for sale two or more vehicles within 500m on a road.

Costs

The table below outines all potential offences that could result in a fixed penalty notice.

Summary of Offence	Act	Amount of penalty if paid within 10 days	Full amount of penalty	Maximum penalty on conviction
Depositing litter	Section 87 EPA 1990	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to comply with a street litter control notice	Section 94[8] EPA 1990	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to comply with a litter clearing notice	Section 92C EPA 1990	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to comply with a dog control order	Section 59 CNE Act 2005	£60	£80	£1000
Graffiti and fly- posting	Section 44 Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003	£60	£80	£2,500
Failure to produce waste documents	Section 34 EPA 1990	£180	£300	£5,000 (or, on indictment, an unlimited fine)
Failure to produce authority to transport waste	Sectio 5[7][a] CoP Act 1989	£180	£300	£5,000
Failure to comply with waste receptacles notice	Section 46/47 EPA 1990	£40	£60	£1,000
Exposing vehicles for sale on a road	Section 3 CNE Act 2005	£60	£100	£2,500
Repairing vehicle on road	Section 4 CNE Act 2005	£60	£100	£2,500
Abandoned vehicles	Section 2[1] Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978	£120	£200	£2,500

EPA - Environmental Protection Act
CNE - Clean neighbourhoods and Environmental Act 2005
CoP - Control of Pollution [Amendment] Act 1989

You will note that there is a discount for early payment of a fixed penalty notice.

Contact details

For further informaiton about the fixed penalty notices please call the customer contact team on 0344 980 3333 or email info@norwich.gov.uk

Fixed Penalty Notices for environmental crimes