Fines

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 a 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 a waste document - unable to provide paperwork showing how waste has been transferred, handled or disposed of.

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

Failure to produce authority to transport waste

• £225 - if paid within 10 days
• £300 - if paid after 14 days
• unlimited maximum on conviction

Failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice - not following council instructions about waste or recycling containers.

• £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) - a business has not managed its waste responsibly and legally.

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

Duty of care (domestic) - a householder has not taken reasonable steps to ensure their waste was disposed of legally.

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

Commercial waste receptacles - a business has not used its waste containers correctly.

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

Receptacles for household waste - a householder has not used their waste or recycling containers correctly.

• £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
• £1,000 - maximum on conviction

Graffiti

• £180 - if paid within 10 days
• £250 - if paid after 10 days
• £1,000 - maximum on conviction

Fly-posting

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

Unauthorised distribution of printed matter - distributing leaflets or other printed materials without the required permission.

• £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 for a 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: