We’re proposing to increase fines for environmental offences such as graffiti tagging, littering and fly-tipping.
This is to deter offenders, reduce environmental crimes and improve the look and feel of the city.
Councillors will discuss the proposals at the City Environment, South Downs & The Sea Committee on 14 November.
Fly-tipping, littering, graffiti tagging, flyposting and the illegal disposal of business waste are all examples of environmental offences.
These offences have a significant negative impact on the city and cost a lot of money to clean, remove and resolve.
Our environmental enforcement team are responsible for improving the look and feel of the city by responding to incidents and issuing Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs), Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) and Community Protection Notices (CPNs).
We’re proposing to increase the cost of FPNs for some environmental offences.
The proposed increases are:
If approved, the new Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) limits will be introduced from 1 December 2023.
‘Re-imagine Brighton & Hove’ is a series of events inviting everyone in the city to tell the council what they think about different issue issues which affect us all.
Kicking off Re-imagine Brighton & Hove is our session on graffiti tagging.
As part of our plan to tackle graffiti tagging, we’re holding the event to hear views and ideas from communities and businesses which will help inform our new Graffiti Tagging Reduction Strategy.
Join us from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday 21 November at the BMCEP Centre, 10a Fleet Street, Brighton, BN1 4ZE.
To find out about how you can get involved, or just to learn more, visit our Re-imagine Brighton & Hove webpage.
Councillor Tim Rowkins, Chair of the City Environment, South Downs and The Sea Committee, said: “Graffiti is a blight on the city, and we need to get on top of the problem.
“We’re proposing to increase the fine for tagging offences to £500, which is the maximum fine under government legislation.
“Our environmental enforcement team are working closely with Sussex Police to identify the perpetrators and prosecute whenever we can.
“We’re now sending tagging offenders out to immediately repair the damage they’ve caused when they’ve been caught, and we’re starting to see some positive results of this.
“We’d love to hear from residents and businesses how we might continue to tackle graffiti tagging so please come along to our Re-imagine event on 21 November so that we can find solutions together.
“To book a place at the event, please visit our Re-imagine Brighton & Hove webpage.”
