Environmental enforcement

There are no formal grounds of appeal against a Fixed Penalty Notice.

Whilst not an admission of guilt, by agreeing that an offence has been committed and by paying the Fixed Penalty Notice, your liability to prosecution will be discharged and no further action will be taken.

If you choose to clear up the litter or fly tip after an Enforcement Officer has approached you, a Fixed Penalty Notice will still be issued. The offence has already been committed and officers do not have discretion.

Making a representation

You can make a representation to District Enforcement in cases where:

• you have an issue with the conduct of an Enforcement Officer
• you would like to give reasons as to why the Fixed Penalty Notice should not have been issued
• there are medical grounds - for example, the medical condition has had a direct effect in leading to the behaviour/offence*

To make a representation or find out more about this visit the District Enforcement website.

* you will need to provide District Enforcement with supporting written evidence.

What happens next

When you make a representation, the enforcement company will acknowledge this.

The FPN payment deadline will be extended during this review period.

You will be notified of the outcome.

If the representation is unsuccessful, the payment deadline period will restart from that point.

Making a complaint

You can find out how to make a complaint by visiting our make a complaint page. Please do not use the complaints process to make a representation to appeal a FPN.