Council to investigate fly-tipping on bridle path

Cheshire East Council are to investigate fly-tipping in the Newgate area of Wilmslow which local residents say started a couple of months ago.

Domestic rubbish is being discarded, including babies nappies and sanitary items, along the bridle way leading from Newgate to Rotherwood Road.

One local resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said "This has been going on since Christmas and on Sunday, 2nd March, more rubbish appeared. This so-called beauty spot is fast becoming a sewage spot.

"We ask that people living in the area are particularly vigilant, let's put a stop to it."

Councillor Les Gilbert, Cabinet member in charge of communities and regulatory services, said: "Cheshire East Council adopts a zero tolerance approach towards this type of anti-social behaviour and continues to do its utmost to stamp it out.

"Our wardens, in high visibility uniforms or sometimes non-uniformed, target areas where litter or fly-tipping are prevalent, which hopefully sends a clear message that inconsiderate actions will not be tolerated.

"Court action is brought against offenders who do not pay fixed penalty notices for offences of fly-tipping.

"We try and focus on this issue through education and enforcement and our wardens will continue to patrol littering hotspots to catch offenders in the act."

The Council confirmed that the Streetscape Team will be visiting the area to check for evidence of who is doing the fly-tipping and the debris will then be removed as soon as possible.

Updated 2.45pm, 6th March: Cheshire East Council have now removed the waste.

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Derek Stevens
Thursday 6th March 2014 at 2:50 pm
Is Councillor Les Gilbert going to visit Earls Road in the near future ?,one asks!
Janet Stephenson
Thursday 6th March 2014 at 6:21 pm
I ride my horse along this bridleway regularly and I cannot see how any vehicle can get along the bridleway as it is too narrow and there are locked gates at both ends. Someone must be very determined. They have made a real mess. Why do they have to desecrate what is a very pleasant place to walk and ride?
Simon Worthington
Friday 7th March 2014 at 8:44 am
I suppose if it is the travellers then the gates must be left open so we don't infringe their rights.
Chris Boothman
Tuesday 11th March 2014 at 10:02 pm
Thanks to opening up of the road known as Battery Lane and Sat Nav it is possible to drive a vehicle all the way to the end of the unmade section of Rotherwood Road. Only last Friday an Ocado van driver managed do it and had to be rescued. This area does need some council upkeep, maintenance and restriction of access. I pass through Rotherwood Road twice a day and never seen any wardens, disguised or otherwise. There has been some dumping of household and green waste.