Gedney Hill councillor hits out at vile fly-tippers who blocked village road with chemical containers and paint pots

A councillor has hit out at the vile fly-tippers who have blocked a village road with used paint pots and other chemical containers.

People living in Gedney Hill were horrified to discover a load of dumped vegetation along with chemicals oozing from containers in West Drove South last week.

The site has been used for fly-tipping in the past with South Holland District Council having to pick up the tab to remove and dispose of a load of asbestos.

Gedney Hill Parish Council is considering putting a camera along the road in order to catch the fly-tippers and help to secure a prosecution.

Coun Paul Redgate, who sits on both the parish and the district council, said he was worried about this issue escalating.

He said: “It is unbelievable. They have covered the enter road, you can’t drive down there as there is nothing at the end of the road. It is becoming a dumping ground.

“The problem is trying to catch these people and I really hope there is enough evidence down there that the council can track them down and deal with them accordingly.

“It is horrendous when you look around and see what people have done. I don’t blame the tip as the tip wouldn’t take this type of rubbish.

“People are fly-tipping and it is becoming the norm.”

The bags of vegetation were
reported to have been dumped on Bank Holiday Monday or Tuesday last week while the paint pots were found the following day.

This is the second time in four weeks that similar types of waste have been dumped at the site.

Coun Redgate said the parish council is looking at ways to help the district council to tackle the problem.

He said: “We know it is a prime location. What we need to do is try to do is get a mobile camera down there.

“The parish council is looking at means and ways of trying to
assist the district council by looking at some sort of camera down there. Maybe that would act as a deterant.”

Reports of fly-tipping have
increased in South Holland over the last 12 months.

Between April and October last year, a total of 706 fly-tips were
reported in the area, with just 385 cases for the same seven months in 2019, an 83 per cent increase.

Farmer Andrew Branton has called for more action to be taken over the blight of fly-tipping
after piles of waste materials were dumped on his land in Cloot Drove, Crowland, in February this year.

If you see an fly-tip report it to the South Holland District Council via its website, www.sholland.gov.uk/reportit.