A CARLTON man who dumped household and building waste before failing to attend court has received the second-largest bill given to a fly-tipper since tougher penalties were brought in to clean up the borough’s image.
Jack David Naylor, of Wharncliffe Street, was responsible for dumping building and household waste on land off Ollerton Road, Athersley, in September last year.
The 28-year-old’s van was seized as part of the investigation and he was arrested after failing to attend court.
He was billed £2,518 in total for the offence, which was made up of a £1,013 fine, £1,100 court costs and a £405 surcharge.
Naylor’s hefty penalty is second only to Daniel Williams’ sentence, which was a £1,200 fine, £1,378 court costs and a £480 surcharge, totalling £3,058.
Williams, of Hough Lane, Wombwell, pleaded guilty to dumping waste in an alleyway off Osborne Street on the outskirts of the town centre.
Coun Wendy Cain, cabinet spokesperson for public health and communities, warned tippers that they will be caught.
“I am pleased to see significant fines handed out as part of our continued hard line against fly-tippers in the borough,” she said.
“We have zero tolerance for anyone who is found to be responsible for blighting Barnsley with fly-tipping, whether they have dumped the waste themselves or they have shown no duty of care when disposing of their waste.
“Since the introduction of our Environmental Crime and Litter Strategy, we have been taking a tougher stance on individuals who take it upon themselves to blight our borough with fly-tipping.
“The level of fines show that we will continue to take strong action against those who continue to commit environmental crime in our borough.
“We take these offences very seriously and with the help and support of the wider public, we will identify and prosecute any offenders to show that we won’t tolerate fly-tipping.
“I would like to thank our wardens, the Safer Communities team and our litigation team for their continued help and hard work in these prosecutions.”
A two-tiered approach to fly-tipping fines was adopted which now sees a £400 penalty for between one and five bags’ worth of waste left, while five or above climbs to four figures.
It came after figures showed reported fly-tipping incidents climbed from 4,404 in 2022/23 to 4,980 in 2023/24.
Council data suggests the problem worsened further in 2024/25, with 5,932 incidents recorded, while the cost of clearing dumped waste last year was almost hit £500,000.
Coun Steve Bullcock, who represents the Kingstone ward, has long been campaigning for tougher stances.
He says that around a third of all fly-tipping incidents across the borough take place in his ward.
“The council team responsible for clearing fly-tipped waste do an excellent job responding quickly to cleaning up clearing fly-tipping up,” he told the Chronicle.
“In all honesty they are second to none cleaning up after those that do not care.
“However cleaning up after others costs money, money that could be spent on looking after vulnerable people and other important matters that affect our town.
“We now have to up our game by catching more of those responsible for trashing our town fortunately it’s only small minority of individuals but it still costs a huge amount every year and it shows no sign of reducing.
“Coupled with other ideas - whether it’s the bulky waste collection plan or CCTV in hotspot areas - we can end this currently never-ending problem in our town.”
