Enforcement - Enviro-Crime Unit

The Council follows an active enforcement approach for those who disregard the law. The principles of the Enforcement Concordat are followed and these are embodied in the Council's General Enforcement Policy.

Information

General Enforcement Policy (198k)

Enforcement Concordat

What we do - Enforcement of littering, dog fouling and fly tipping

What we do - Enforcement of stray dogs

If you have a problem with littering, dog fouling, fly tipping or stray dogs please contact Rotherham Connect on (01709) 336003 from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday.

What we do - Enforcement of littering, dog fouling and fly tipping

Our Enviro-Crime Unit is one of the most active enforcing teams in the country. Where education and promotion of a cleaner environment the approach we have is to instigate legal proceedings. This may be from reports from members of the public or from patrols and the targeting of hotspot areas.
Where offences are witnessed various legal approaches can be followed, this including initiating court proceedings or the serving of fixed penalty fines.

The fixed penalty fine from the 18 ^th November 2003 can now be retained by the Council to invest into this work area.

Joint working with the Environment Agency and from intelligence passed through from other Council services help efficient effective deployment of the Enforcement Officers to tackle particular locations of concern. Links with schools also has resulted in focused enforcement around schools with littering problems.

The following fixed penalty notices have been served

What we do - Enforcement of stray dogs

Our Dog Warden both responds to reports of stray dogs and also patrols "hot spot" areas. When a stray dog is seized for the first time the dog is returned, if possible to the owner. Subsequent pick ups or where the dog has no collar tag results in the dog being impounded and taken to the Council's contract kennels.