High Peak Borough Council have commented on how they hope that education will reduce fly posting, litter and graffiti across the
borough. This was announced as a new partnership is being finalised that will allow Police
Community Support Officers to issue warnings and fixed penalty notices.
At the moment
the number of enforcement officers available in High Peak is one, however with
the addition of PCSOs it is set to rise to 19.
Cllr John Haken said "It is not expected to be a revenue earner in any way. If there is an excess, fines will be put into the community."
Cllr David Lomax said "We need good publicity so people are aware this is what is happening. It
is good news for us –doing something to improve the cleaner image of
the council, but we need to make sure we are not just fining people
willy nilly."
Cllr John Pritchard said "There has been a growing lack of respect for the public realm. I
hope this final raft of new legislation leads to the public
understanding that they have got to treat the environment with more
respect to not drop chewing gum, not drop their litter and not so much
fly posting and graffiti." | 