Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Rubbish - how to get it taken away
Earlier this year, someone set fire to a wheelie bin down our street. Firefighters came and put it out. It was left on the pavement, so the council came along and put a sticker on it which said something along the lines of "it is illegal to dump your crap on the street". About a week later it had gone.
The arsonist came back a few weeks later. This time the fire got a bit bigger and set alight a car which was parked on a piece of (i assume privately owned) land, off the road. Again, the firefighters put out the fire.
After a while the metal remains of the car was removed, but the melted plastic and charred/collapsed fence we're left behind. The area has now become a dumping ground for people to dump their crap too.
So my question is how can i get someone to clear the rubbish away? Will the council do it, or are they unable/unwilling to act because it's private property?
The arsonist came back a few weeks later. This time the fire got a bit bigger and set alight a car which was parked on a piece of (i assume privately owned) land, off the road. Again, the firefighters put out the fire.
After a while the metal remains of the car was removed, but the melted plastic and charred/collapsed fence we're left behind. The area has now become a dumping ground for people to dump their crap too.
So my question is how can i get someone to clear the rubbish away? Will the council do it, or are they unable/unwilling to act because it's private property?
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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That is probably the issue - if it is private land. If it isn't, report it via the Haringey site and it will get taken away pretty fast. But I don't think they will do anything if its on someone's property - I'm sure there have been cases reported here of front gardens that are full of crap and the council has been reluctant to get involved.
Who does the land belong to?
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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... front gardens that are full of crap
There are plenty of properties along the top part of Green Lanes, leading up to Ducketts Common, that are full of 'crap' in their front areas. It is so unsightly. Council should definitely be approaching the owners, even for H&S reasons (vermin etc).
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Fred, one of your councillors is Toni Mallett. (It's West Green ward)
I spoke to Toni who knew about the problem and had contacted Harringey officers. She said that Enterprise cleared stuff from the public highway/pavement. Toni confirmed - as Alison P suggested - that the more difficult issue here is stuff dumped on private land. But they are 'on the case'.
You may want to contact Toni:
toni.mallett@haringey.gov.uk
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Permalink Reply by Mark Pack on
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Owners of private land are required to keep it in reasonable state and legal action can be taken against them if they don't.
Quite rightly really there are a few hurdles to jump through before you can be ordered what to do with your own private land, but I've had success in a few cases in Islington in pursuing issues where the council has go to the stage of threatening legal action (or in the case of Thames Water, actually taking it). Each time it's all ended happily, including one new fence being built in order to fix a long-running problem.
So don't be put off by it being on private land - though it's also a reason why (at least in this case!) the council will have a decent reason for taking an apparently long time to get the issue sorted.
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