Fly-tipping has reportedly returned to a notorious dumping ground, despite claims that the practice stopped after a criminal prosecution.

At a meeting of Epping Forest District Council last night (July 28), environment councillor Will Breare-Hall reported the prosecution of John Edward Newman, of Honey Lane in Waltham Abbey.

Newman, 51, was ordered to pay more than £3,500, received a suspended prison sentence of 26 weeks, a 10pm to 8am curfew for six months, and banned from advertising any waste clearance services or carrying any waste in a vehicle without a license when he was sentenced on April 23.

He had pleaded guilty to multiple fly-tipping offences at garages in Pyrles Lane, Loughton, which he is now banned from visiting.

Finishing the report, cllr. Breare-Hall wrote that “fly-tipping in the Pyrles Lane garage area has now ceased.”

Councillor David Wixley for Loughton Fairmead disagreed with the claim, and said there had been fly-tipped waste at the site on the day of the meeting.

Referring to the huge volume of daily complaints about missed waste collections, he said: “I regret to say that I visited the site this afternoon and there is now fly-tipping there, so I think mine was one of the 200 phone calls this afternoon to report that.

“So it has not ceased unfortunately, but I think if we can get more publicity for these things and the action that is taken, it may help.”

Responding to the comments, cllr. Breare-Hall said: “I am sorry to hear that has occurred again… fly-tipping is a significant nuisance.

He added: “It is a problem, we need to do as much as we can to get the message out there to residents and anyone who is inclined towards fly-tipping, we will not sit back and take it lightly, we will pursue and prosecute where we have the evidence to do so.”