Fines and charges: changes from April 2024
You can be given a fine by post or on the spot if you commit any of the offences listed below.
The fines below will be in place from 1 April 2024.
| Offence | Penalty if paid within 21 days (unless specified otherwise) | Full amount if paid within 28 days (unless specified otherwise) | Maximum fine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Littering | £90 | £150 | £2,500 |
| Depositing waste | £500 | £750 | Unlimited fine and/or 5 years imprisonment |
| Failure to comply with Duty of Care (household) | n/a | £300 | Unlimited fine |
| Failure to produce waste documents (business) | n/a | £300 | Unlimited fine |
| Failure to produce authority to transport waste | n/a | £300 | Unlimited fine |
| Failure to comply with a Community Protection Notice | £70 | £100 | £20,000 |
| Failure to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order | £70 | £100 | £1,000 |
| Handing out free print materials without permission | £90 | £150 | £2,500 |
| Fly-posting (putting up advertising materials without permission) | £90 | £150 | £2,500 |
| Abandoning a vehicle | £150 | £200 | £2,500 and/or imprisonment |
| Repairing vehicles on a road | £80 | £100 | £2,500 |
| Graffiti | £90 | £150 | Unlimited fine and/or imprisonment |
| Failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice | £75 - commercial £60 - domestic |
£110 - commercial £80 - domestic |
£1,000 |
| Smoking in a smoke free premises | £30 within 15 days | £50 within 29 days | £200 |
| Not displaying no smoking signs in smoke free premises, places or vehicles | £150 within 15 days | £200 within 29 days | £1,000 |