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Fly Tipping

I think it’s fair to say fly tipping at both ends and very much at the bend in Mafeking Avenue has become a fly tipping hotspot. It should be time to put a camera in maybe?

Jai Williams ● 156d14 Comments

I did report the dumped mattress in Windmill road,however I could spend hours reporting rubbish everywhere in the Borough. It’s a huge problem and getting worse from what I can see. There is no deterrent for this anti social behaviour unfortunately. just as the Lime bikes get dumped all over the place which is a similar problem.

David Cook ● 152d

Not enough people report flytipping and just step over it and/or just moan about it.  Years ago in Acton we were able to add a fluorescent sticker marking it as a flytip and report to the Council for investigation and clearing but then the number of Enforcement Officers was reduced as Council budgets were reduced.I think some of the dumpers think that nobody notices - or worse still they think that if they just dump their rubbish wherever they fancy that it will disappear and then if it does magically disappear (all that some complainants want) that they have found a good solution. It isn't - it can make it worse.

Philippa Bond ● 152d

I have to admit Paul that pedestrianisation was not a good idea. It really needs at least buses and or taxis to be able to go through a street so that there is always some life around - which is especially relevant after dark. Just the other week a friend's daughter had her purse snatched in broad daylight in Hounslow by some yob on a bike, which of course should not be ridden through there in the first place. When reporting it at the Police Station she was told this is a fairly frequent occurrence.

Vanessa Smith ● 153d

Yes, I started a service that did precisely that and it has been very successful. If you want to check it out, look at Kingsley Road in Hounslow. I went through about 80 dumped bags one morning a couple of years ago and found a few perpetrators. If you go to Kingsley Road now there is no (or virtually no) fly tipping.CCTV in my 6 years leading that service we only got one person with CCTV. That was an organised dumper with a truck, and it took 2 years to prosecute him. He got a fine of ~£4000 but what it cost in CCTV, officer time, lawyers etc was a lot more.Whenever I see a bag dumped I look for an address and if there is one we follow up. The one I looked through today had no addresses

Guy Lambert ● 154d

You are not getting this are you? Not all CCTV is rough, I see any amount of things people put on Nextdoor for instance from their doorbell cameras and domestic CCTV, and it is very good visibility. Also, When a gang turn up to clear a fly tip surely it is not beyond the wit of mankind that they should occasionally have an enforcement officer with them in order to look through the rubbish to see if they can trace what is dumped back to someone?

Vanessa Smith ● 154d

I went to Mafeking Ave earlier. I reported a nasty flytip on the bend to FMS and it is scheduled for removal. On the corner of Market Parade there is a 'grit bin' provided for the flats there. There is an odd thing sticking out of the top of the grit bin which should not be there (only waste in purple bags is expected). There was nothing on the street and I presume it will be cleared next time the bins are removed/

Guy Lambert ● 154d

I had the misfortune yesterday evening of having to walk down Hounslow High Street and the whole stretch was a complete dump complete with numerous small gangs hovering around the ATMs and coffee shops looking for phones on tables and even women gobbing on the pavementOf course not a single copper in sight

Paul Fisher ● 154d

Did he you report it on fixmystreet?

Guy Lambert ● 155d

Maybe if they get more Bobbies on the beat as Ruth Cadbury has promised, that would help the situation. It dismays me to see how untidy the Borough is.I even saw a mattress dumped on Windmill road before the rail bridge.

David Cook ● 155d

Have you seen CCTV material? Unless it's someone you know you are none the wiser. We publicised very good videos on the LBH website a few years ago. Very clear pictures of a repeating dumper. I didn't recognise them and nor did anyone else, including the person who was particularly upset about flytipping next to a bus stop. My bike was nicked a while ago. My concierge found the time and date and we had a very good film of a bloke in a hoodie looking the other way. I don't think he knew he was being filmed, but identifying him was impossible

Guy Lambert ● 155d

'For fly timing it has at best a short term effect, but it is never very effective and it doesn't last'Well, perhaps it would if enforcement teams were a bit more active and used the CCTV evidence to prosecute?

Vanessa Smith ● 155d

There is always a waiting list for CCTV. For fly timing it has at best a short term effect, but it is never very effective and it doesn't last

Guy Lambert ● 155d

We were told at a meeting last week by a local ward councillor answering some complainants about problems with ASB and drug dealing, that Hounslow has a waiting list for CCTV. Residents had also filmed and given footage and information to the police, taken on their own cameras, and have yet to see any action.

Vanessa Smith ● 155d

Good to report it on https://fms.hounslowhighways.org/ or the FixMyStreet app on your phone. I have battled the flytipping at the Market Parade end for years and it has been better than it once was. Haven't noticed a regular problem at the bend.Cameras are not very effective but before I resigned from the Hounslow Cabinet I introduced a pilot service which targeted flytipping hot spots and was very effective. There was a manifesto commitment to extend it to cover the whole borough.

Guy Lambert ● 155d