The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 and the Anti-Social-Behavior Crime and Policing Act 2014 have granted councils power to authorize officers to issue fixed penalty notices on the council’s behalf for particular offences.
Havant Borough Council is currently working with EH Commercial Services to provide a uniformed presence of environmental enforcement officers across the whole borough.
The officers will be issuing Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) for the offences of:
- littering which will include items such as chewing gum, cigarette butts and fast food and other forms of litter such as wrapping
- failing to pick up after your dog or not disposing of the dog litter in the correct way
- or a breach of a any of the conditions contained within a Public Space Protection Order.
Please be advised:
- there will be no warnings; you will be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice for committing an offence
- providing false details or refusing to provide name and address when requested by an authorized officer is an offence and this may lead to you being fined an additional amount or result in direct prosecution
- you can use bins without ashtrays, extinguish the cigarette first then place it in the bin
- if there is no bin it doesn’t mean no fine – if a bin is not available take your litter with you
- dropping litter (including cigarette butts) in a stream or a drain is an offence and will result in a Fixed Penalty Notice.
Paying a Fixed Penalty Notice
You can pay a Fixed Penalty Notice online using our payments system which is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Please select the "Miscellaneous Payments" option from the list of payments available and have your debit or credit card to hand.
Fixed Penalty Notice - FAQs