I have been in touch with James Rosewell, the dynamic Chair of the Newtown Neighbourhood Action Group asking for the NAG's help in tackling repeat flytipping in a office car park on Eldon Terrace by Town Place. This problem is ongoing and I have raised the matter several times with RBC to know avail.
The difficulty is that it is on private land. Officers have written to the car park owners but so far nothing has happened. Speaking to local residents recently I heard that the culprits appear to be not office workers but people from outside the area who drive to the area to dump their rubbish.
Kirsten and Glenn spoke to residents in the new houses on Eldon Terrace about the problem last weekend: what a shame for those people who have just moved in to this lovely Conservation area.
Anyway, James has promised me that the issue will be discussed at the NAG meeting on 24 April at 7pm. I hope that the NAG may be able to tackle this via a partnership approach i.e. Police + Council + local residents.
Anyone who sees flytipping anyway in the ward should report it to the Council and the Police via their anti-social behaviour hotline: 0845 8 505 505 giving them the exact location of the problem and a brief description of what has been dumped.
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