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Fly-tipping

July 2, 2025

Father and son fined for Shotover fly-tip 

A father and son have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 following a serious fly-tipping incident at Shotover Country Park near Oxford.  On Friday 27 June, at Oxford Magistrates, Michael McDonagh (snr), 75, of Kiln Lane, Garsington, and Michael Paul Francis McDonagh (jnr), 45, of Cumnor Rd, Oxford, were fined after admitting separate offences.   […]

a picture of fly-tipped rubbish

March 18, 2025

Tougher fines to tackle fly-tipping and protect our environment 

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils are stepping up efforts to combat environmental crimes with stricter penalties for fly-tipping, littering and for householders who fail to ensure that their waste will be disposed of legally.   From 1 April 2025, those who fail to meet their legal responsibilities for waste disposal will face […]

December 23, 2024

Bathtub dumpers ordered to soak up hefty fine

Two Nottinghamshire residents must pay more than £4,000 after admitting illegally dumping a bathtub, tyres and a large amount of renovation waste near Didcot.

Items of rubbish dumped in a field

November 1, 2024

Director fined after waste found fly tipped in country park

The director of a company that runs a Persian restaurant has been fined after a load of rubbish was found fly tipped in Shotover Country Park.

June 21, 2023

Garden waste fly-tip is a costly mistake

A man has been ordered to pay more than £1,400 after garden waste was found dumped near Great Haseley in South Oxfordshire. Karl Horwood, 60, of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 16 June when he admitted failing in his duty of care for waste disposal.  Mr Horwood had been arrested a […]

August 24, 2022

Fly-tipper caught thanks to litter-pickers’ social media appeal

A man has been ordered to pay more than £1,300 after admitting responsibility for garden renovation waste which was fly-tipped near Thame.  He was caught after local litter pickers posted an appeal for information about the incident on social media. Henry Quilter-Wood, 31, of Main Road, Lacey Green, Princes Risborough, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court […]

April 28, 2022

Surrey man pleaded guilty to four fly tips in South Oxfordshire

A man from Dorking in Surrey has pleaded guilty to four fly tips of garden waste in Chinnor and Lewknor following a successful prosecution by South Oxfordshire District Council.

July 6, 2021

Man ordered to carry out 120 hours unpaid work after pleading guilty to two fly-tips

An Oxfordshire man was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £1,275 after he was successfully prosecuted by South Oxfordshire District Council following two fly-tips in the Benson and Oakley Wood areas. Andrew Hambidge, aged 30, of Hampden Square, Upper Heyford appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday (2 July) and […]

December 22, 2020

Oxford man ordered to pay more than £3,900 after waste was found dumped at a nature reserve in South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire District Council successfully prosecuted an Oxford man after waste was dumped at the RSPB reserve at Otmoor Lane, Beckley. Jed Denton, aged 27, of Underhill Circus, Barton, Oxford, was due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday 11 December to face four charges under the Environmental Protection Act, namely: Failure to prevent […]

November 18, 2020

Fly tipped waste costs supermarket more than £7,300

A company director has been ordered to pay more than £7,300 in fines and court costs after waste from her supermarket was found in South Oxfordshire.