Fines

You may face a fine if you are caught littering, failing to clean up after your dog or spoiling our environment. These fines are called Fixed Penalty Notices.

Pay your fine

If you've received a Fixed Penalty Notice you can pay online.

Pay your Fixed Penalty Notice

Why fines are issued

Our residents, businesses and visitors want Arun to be clean - especially our high streets and popular tourist areas.

We hope the cost of a fine will make people think twice about activities that have a negative impact on our environment.

Fines can be issued for dropping litter and cigarette butts, not clearing up after your dog, graffiti and putting up posters without permission ('fly-posting').

Charges

There are three possible fine amounts, depending on the activity. Fines are reduced if you pay early.

Littering

  • £150 - if paid within 14 days
  • £250 - if paid after 14 days
  • £2,500 - maximum on conviction

Littering from vehicle

  • £200 - if paid within 28 days
  • £300 - if paid after 28 days
  • Civil fine recovered via TEC - maximum on conviction

Failure to comply with a litter clearing notice

  • £60 - if paid within 10 days
  • £100 - if paid after 10 days
  • £2,500 - maximum on conviction

Failure to produce waste document

  • £225 - if paid within 14 days
  • £400 - if paid after 14 days
  • £5,000 - maximum on conviction

Failure to produce authority to transport waste

  • £180 - if paid within 10 days
  • £300 - if paid after 10 days
  • £5,000 - maximum on conviction

Failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice

  • £60 - if paid within 10 days
  • £100 - if paid after 10 days
  • £1,000 - maximum on conviction

Fly tipping

  • £600 - if paid within 10 days
  • £1,000 - if paid after 10 days
  • unlimited and up to 5 years in prison - maximum on conviction

Duty of care commercial

  • £350 - if paid within 10 days
  • £600 - if paid after 10 days
  • unlimited - maximum on conviction

Duty of care domestic

  • £300 - if paid within 14 days
  • £400 - if paid after 14 days
  • unlimited - maximum on conviction

Commercial waste receptacles, duty of care

  • £85 - if paid within 10 days
  • £110 - if paid after 10 days
  • £1,000 - maximum on conviction

Receptacles for household waste

  • £60 - if paid within 10 days
  • £100 - if paid after 10 days
  • £1,000 - maximum on conviction

Dog fouling

  • £75 - if paid within 14 days
  • £100 - if paid after 14 days

Graffiti

  • £180 - if paid within 10 days
  • £250 - if paid after 10 days 

Fly - posting

  • £150 - if paid within 10 days
  • £250 - if paid after 10 days
  • £1,000 - maximum on conviction

Unauthorised distribution of printed matter

  • £115 - if paid within 10 days
  • £150 - if paid after 10 days
  • £2,500 - maximum on conviction

Vehicles for sale or repairing vehicles on the highway

  • £100
  • £2,500 - maximum on conviction

Abandoning a vehicle

  • £120 - if paid within 10 days
  • £200 - if paid after 10 days
  • £2,500 - maximum on conviction second offence and / or 3 months imprisonment

Failure to comply with a Community Protection Notice

  • £100
  • £2,500 - maximum on conviction

If a fine isn't paid, you may have to go to court and can face a much bigger fine.

Appeals and questions

Our cleansing department issues fines for littering and dog fouling, contact us via: