Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

A mysterious case of fly-tipping immunity

Why was one householder in Surrey given a special dispensation to leave his rubbish on the lane?

issue 24 August 2019

When is fly-tipping not fly-tipping? I think I can explain, now the pile of rubble has finally moved from the hedgerow after a most unusual conversation with the local council.

After weeks of trying to get to the bottom of why one householder in Surrey was being allowed to chuck his building refuse into the lane outside his house, I got through to a chap at the local authority who told me he had gone to have a look at the mess and could see nothing wrong with it.

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