10-07-2025
Council traces golf course fly-tipping back to owner
Derby City Council says it has found evidence to identify the person whose rubbish was fly-tipped at the entrance of a city golf authority said it was alerted to bin bags, a sofa and multiple mattresses being dumped at the entrance of Derby Golf Course in Sinfin on leader and Sinfin councillor Nadine Peatfield said public protection officers had since found evidence within the rubbish to identify the owner."It's a terrible sight to see. We hate fly-tipping and it's an absolute disgrace," she said.
"When there are black bags, that can be a signal to find things such as bank statements or letters that points to who the culprit is."The person who the rubbish belongs to could have innocently paid someone to get rid of it."If the person paid someone to legally get rid of the rubbish, we will go to them and ask them to put us in contact with who removed it for them.""That person getting rid of it could have then fly-tipped it, but we are trying to get to the bottom of it."
Peatfield added the rubbish needs to be "assessed for secondary evidence" before it can be removed on Thursday.A Derby City Council spokesperson said: "We are committed to tackling environmental crime, which negatively impacts our city and places a financial burden on taxpayers."They added anyone convicted of fly-tipping could face an unlimited fine and up to five years imprisonment.
