Fly-tipping : Call for camera to be installed after yet more waste is dumped

A resident wants a camera installed on his road after several incidents of fly-tipping.

Waste including what is believed to be asbestos was dumped on Honeys Lane, near Hawton, between 10am and 10.30am on Thursday.

A quiet, no-through road with just a few houses, it is often used by fly-tippers who have previously left sofas, baths and toilets.

Nearby Thorpe Lane is one of the top 10 areas in Newark and Sherwood during the past year for incidents of fly-tipping.

The resident, who did not want to be named, said: “I went to pick up my daughter and left at about 9.50am. I was only gone for about 20 minutes and when I drove back I saw that they had put it (the waste) right across the road.

“I had to shove it away with my foot, but I’m pretty sure there was asbestos in there.

“It keeps happening – I’ve seen a mattress dumped down here, and bags of rubbish. It costs time and money for people to clear it up.

“You also have to think of the wildlife, the foxes and rabbits that will be affected.

“I’d like to see a camera placed down here because it’s a quiet road and, at the moment, people know they can get away with it.”

Newark and Sherwood District Council spends around £50,000 a year in dealing with the illegal dumping of waste.

Fly-tippers can be fined up to £50,000 and/or receive a prison sentence.

For the 12 months to the most recent available date (November 30) the Spalford lay-by on Gainsborough Road saw the most incidents of fly-tipping in the district with 32.

There were 28 on Brake Lane, Boughton; 24 on the A616 Kneesall lay-by; 17 on Baulker Lane, Blidworth; and 13 at The Plough car park, Coddington, Rigg Lane in Blidworth and a lay-by on the A616 near Caunton.

Thorpe Lane, between Hawton and Thorpe; Oakfield Road, Fernwood; and Beanford Lane, Oxton, all saw 12 fly-tips.

Newark and Sherwood District Council has been approached for comment regarding dumped waste on Honeys Lane.