Pay your Fixed Penalty Notice (fine) for environmental crimes
We issue fixed penalty notices for environmental crimes such as dropping litter, flytipping, dog fouling and abandoning a vehicle.
If you do not pay these within 28 days, you may be prosecuted and (if convicted), could receive a much larger fine.
Litter
| Offence | Pay online | Amount you pay | Maximum penalty on conviction |
|---|---|---|---|
Dropping litter | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £150 (or £85 if you complete the litter awareness elearning course) | £2,500 |
Litter awareness elearning course
The notice you receive may invite you to complete an online litter awareness elearning course. If you are eligible, you must pay for this online and within 10 days of the offence. To sign up for the course, you need to choose that option when you pay your Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice. You must complete the course within five days of payment. The course costs £85. If you decide that you do not wish to complete the training, you must pay your fixed penalty notice.
Rubbish and flytipping
| Offence | Pay online | Amount you pay | Maximum penalty on conviction |
|---|---|---|---|
Failure to produce authority to transport waste | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £300 | £5,000 |
Failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £110 | £1,000 |
Flytipping | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £400 | 12 months imprisonment and/or £50,000 fine. |
Dogs
| Offence | Pay online | Amount you pay | Maximum penalty on conviction |
|---|---|---|---|
Failure to remove dog poo | Fixed penalty notice payments on eStore | £100 | £1,000 |
Allowing a dog to stray | Fixed penalty notice payments on eStore | £100 | £1,000 |
Failing to place a dog on a lead when asked by an authorised officer | Fixed penalty notice payments on eStore | £100 | £1,000 |
Allowing dogs into designated fenced off play areas where dogs are not permitted | Fixed penalty notice payments on eStore | £100 | £1,000 |
Alcohol
| Offence | Pay online | Amount you pay | Maximum penalty on conviction |
|---|---|---|---|
Consumption of alcohol in breach of prohibition | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £80 | £1,000 |
Other environmental crimes
| Offence | Pay online | Amount you pay | Maximum penalty on conviction |
|---|---|---|---|
Failure to comply with a Community Protection Notice | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £100 | Individual £2,500 Body £20,000 |
Failure to produce documents | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £300 | £5,000 |
Abandoned vehicles | Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice | £200 | £2,500 |
Other ways to pay
By phone
Contact us on our 24 hour payment line. Have your card, reference number (which is on the front of your fixed penalty notice), and a pen and paper to note your receipt number.
Through your bank
Make payments, through your bank, to Lloyds Bank Plc, account number 51009868, sort code 30-92-79. Make sure you quote the reference number which is on the front of the fixed penalty notice.
Post Office and PayPoint
There is a barcode on the front of the fixed penalty notice which means it can be taken to any Post Office or PayPoint outlet where it will be scanned and payment taken. Please keep your receipt for future reference.
By post - cheques only
You can send your cheque to: Durham County Council, Revenues and Benefits, PO Box 253, Stanley, County Durham, DH8 1GF. Cheques should be made payable to Durham County Council. Please write your fixed penalty notice reference number on the back of the cheque.
Please do not:
- send cash through the post
- hand deliver payments
Payment information can also be found on the reverse of the fixed penalty notice.
What happens if you do not pay the fixed penalty notice
If you do not pay the fixed penalty notice within 14 days from the date of issue, we will write to you to remind you that the payment is overdue (the reminder letter gives you a further 14 days to pay).
If you still do not pay within 14 days after the date of the reminder letter, the case will be referred for prosecution at a magistrates court.
