Enforcement news
Enforcement action results
We want to keep you up to date on the hard work our enforcement team are doing. When we get a result, we’ll let you know here.
July 2020
- A resident from Scales Road, N17, has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught dumping waste in their own street. This was a joint effort between Veolia and our enforcement officers
- A resident from Poynton Road, N17, has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught dumping waste in Carbuncle Passage
- A resident of Park View Road, N17 has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught dumping waste in their own street. This was a joint effort between Veolia and our enforcement officers
- A business in High Road, N22, was issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after their waste was found dumped in Coleraine Road. This will not be tolerated in Haringey and our enforcement officers will take appropriate action
- A builder has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after he was caught dumping a large quantity of waste outside a property in in Abbotsfield Avenue, N15
June 2020
- A resident of Woodland Gardens, N10, has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after our officers discovered waste that was dumped in Downhills Park Road
- A resident of Shelbourne Road, N17, has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught dumping waste in their own street. Our officers were able to identify the individual and this will not be tolerated in Haringey
- A resident of Stirling Road, N17, has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after he was caught dumping five bags of garden waste outside Hartington park
- A resident from Seymour Road, N17, has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught dumping waste in their own street at the junction with Havelock Road
May 2020
- We have issued a £400 fixed penalty notice to a business in West Green Rd who dumped commercial rubbish in Etherley Road, N15
- We have issued a £400 fixed penalty notice to a resident who dumped rubbish in Carbuncle Passage, N17
- A resident from Kimberley Road has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after our officers discovered waste that was dumped in the street
- Two tenants from Moorefield Road, N17, have each been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught dumping waste in the street by our CCTV cameras
April 2020
- We are determined to keep Haringey as clean as possible during the coronavirus outbreak and have issued a £400 fixed penalty notice to a retail business who dumped rubbish in Lawrence Road, N15. This will not be tolerated in our borough
- We have issued a £400 fixed penalty notice to a resident who dumped rubbish in Windsor Road, N17
March 2020
- A business in Stroud Green Road has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught by our enforcement officers dumping waste in Woodstock Road, N4
February 2020
- A resident has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after our enforcement officers found a large box dumped in Talbot Road, N17
- A business in High Road, N17, has been caught out by our enforcement officers after they dumped commercial waste & were issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice
November 2019
- A business in Devonshire Hill Lane has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after they were caught illegally dumping waste in the street
- A business in Tottenham has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after their commercial waste was found dumped in the High Road - it should have been in their allocated sacks. Our officers took immediate action & this will not be tolerated in Haringey
October 2019
- A builder who dumped a large quantity of building waste on the pavement in Shropshire Road, Bounds Green has been caught out by our officers and was issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice
- A resident from Saltram Close in Tottenham has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after their waste was found dumped in Copperfield Drive. The resident ignored the warning signs & was caught out by our officers
September 2019
- A resident has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice for dumping rubbish in Mafeking Road, Tottenham. Evidence was found among the waste and the resident was identified
1 August 2019
- Two residents in Park View Road have been issued with £400 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) after enforcement officers found evidence within a fly-tip on Carew Road. Another £400 FPN was issued to a business who dumped a quantity of commercial waste in Tottenham High Road
- Our Trading Standards team have been working with HMRC and have seized illegal tobacco and alcohol with a duty value over £600 from an off licence in Tottenham. In addition 348 litres of non-duty paid beer was seized and our Trading Standards team will investigate the incident
30 July 2019
During a recent joint operation with Tottenham Green Safer Neighbourhood Teams in West Green Road, two males were issued with a £150 fixed penalty notice (FPN) for urinating in the street while one male was issued with a £150 FPN for illegal street trading.
Another male had his alcohol seized for drinking in an alcohol restricted area
26 July 2019
- Bruce Grove fly-tip: two enforcement letters were sent to the tenants of a property in Bruce Grove after their waste was fly-tipped
- Bins in Ashley Road: Businesses in Ashley Road were issued with a warning for failing to remove their commercial bins from the public highway
- Grove Park Road: A fixed penalty notice was issued to a resident in Grove Park Road after waste was dumped there
- Forest Gardens: After being warned by the local ASB enforcement officer, the builders carrying out refurbishments removed all the waste that had been left outside the house
23 July 2019
- A resident from Grove Park Road was issued with a fixed penalty notice after enforcement officers caught them dumping waste in their own road
14 July 2019
- An individual working in Seven Sisters Road was captured on CCTV dumping a cabinet in Stonebridge Estate. The information was passed through to an enforcement officer who investigated the matter and issued the driver of the vehicle with a £400 fixed penalty notice
12 July 2019
- Two employees from Fast Fit Tyres in Wood Green have been found guilty of carrying out illegal vehicle repairs on the public highway and were ordered to pay £530 each after they appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court. Despite numerous previous warnings, they continued to illegally repair vehicles in the street as part of operating the business
22 June 2019
- A business in Myddleton Road who unlawfully placed table and chairs on the public highway has been issued with a £150 fixed penalty notice. The business was previously advised that they needed to apply for and be granted a license allowing them to place items on the public highway but this had not been granted
19 June 2019
- A local resident reported to the enforcement service that they had observed builders working at a property in Graham Road and had dumped waste in the street. Our enforcement team investigated the offence and issued a £400 fly-tipping fixed penalty notice to the builders
15 June 2019
In March 2017 enforcement officers found a quantity of waste that was dumped in Tottenham High Road and was traced back to D’Gap restaurant. The owner of the business was issued with a £400 fixed penalty but refused to pay it. The matter was referred to the courts for prosecution and Mr Adewale failed to attend.
On 12 June 2019, Mr Adewale was arrested and taken to Highbury Corner Magistrates Court the following day where he pleaded guilty to three offences of fly-tipping and failing in his Duty of Care to control his commercial waste. The Magistrates sentenced him to a £1,000 fine and ordered that he pay costs of £500 and a £40 victim surcharge.
13 June 2019
- A resident in Rosebery Road was captured on CCTV fly-tipping a mattress and suitcase in Havelock Road. The incident was reported to the area Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement Officer who carried out an investigation and was able to track the individual to their property in Rosebery Avenue. The resident was formally questioned and admitted to the offence. They were issued with an on the spot £400 fixed penalty notice
7 June 2019
A resident living in Strode Road has been issued with a £400 fixed penalty notice after being captured on CCTV fly-tipping waste in the alley between Sperling Road and Strode Road. An enforcement officer investigated the incident and the resident admitted they committed the offence.
31 May 2019
- In March, Veolia operatives found evidence of rubbish being dumped on Park View Road. The information was passed onto the Tottenham Hale Anti-Social Behaviour Enforcement Officer who investigated the waste to a resident in Havelock Road. The resident was formally interviewed and admitted a member of the family had deposited items in the street. They conceded they had breached their Duty of care and agreed to accept a Simple Caution and pay £150 costs for offence.
13 May 2019
- A male was captured on the newly installed re-deployable CCTV cameras fly-tipping items of waste using a domestic wheelie bin and urinating on the wall in the alley between Sperling Road and Strode Road.
12 May 2019
- The council identified a man who is known as a prolific fly-tipper. He is going around duping residents into thinking he is a council employee and goes door to door with a wheelie bin collecting waste in exchange for money. When the bin is full, he dumps it in a nearby street. An enforcement officer witnessed him in a hi vis jacket acting suspiciously and observed him going door to door targeting properties. Enfield have received similar reports and the police have been notified.
9 May 2019
A resident identified someone fly-tipping a large cardboard box in Walpole Road. The resident contacted the council and reported the vehicle that had been used. An enforcement officer went along to investigate the matter. The address on the box was the same as the registered keeper of the vehicle, which was associated to an east London business. The company director of the business was served with a fixed penalty notice for £400.
18 April 2019
During a routine inspection one of our Enforcement officers found a man pitched up, illegally street trading on the pavement outside Tottenham Market, High Road N17. The man was selling second hand clothes, and although there were signs clearly on display warning about illegal street trading, he continued selling his goods on the pavement. The enforcement officer seized the goods, which prompted the man to flee.
7 March 2019
The owner of a business in Seven Sisters Road was found guilty at Highbury Corner Magistrate Court for failing to demonstrate how they dispose of their commercial waste.
An Enforcement officer served the business with a notice to produce copies of their waste transfer notes, but they failed to comply and were issued with a £300 fixed penalty notice and refused to pay.
The matter was referred to the courts for prosecution and the owner of the business pleaded guilty and were fined £300 and ordered to pay the council’s full costs of £634 and a £30 victim surcharge.
6 March 2019
A member of the public observed a large truck parked on the pavement in Wargrave Avenue.
A member of the public recorded the vehicle registration number and reported the incident to Haringey’s ASB Enforcement team after the large commercial vehicle caused damage to the pavement.
The truck company was identified, and the owner was invited into the council office for a formal interview. The owner apologised for the damage caused and agreed to accept a formal caution and pay £385 towards the council costs.
4 March 2019
The owner of a business in Lordship Lane failed to produce the relevant waste transfer notes that shows how they lawfully deposit rubbish or pay the subsequent £300 fixed penalty.
As an alternative to prosecution the business agreed to receive a formal caution and pay a contribution towards the costs of investigating the offence.
The owner of the business attended the council office, signed the caution and paid £644 towards the investigation costs and produced lawful transfer notes.
27 February 2019
CCTV cameras have caught a resident fly-tipping in Tottenham. The footage showed the resident leaving their property and dumping the waste in a known hot spot.
The individual was identified and failed to attend a formal interview at the council. As a result of the investigation, the resident was issued with a £400 fly tipping fixed penalty notice.
25 February 2019
A member of the Tidy Up Tottenham group witnessed a man leaving a business on the High Road and dumping plastic containers onto an existing pile of rubbish.
The incident was reported to the Area ASB Enforcement Officer who visited the business and asked them to provide waste transfer notes to show how they lawfully dispose of waste.
The business failed to provide the required documents and were issued with a £300 fixed penalty.
5 February 2019
A tri-borough operation took place in Finsbury Park, Stroud Green and Seven Sisters where enforcement officers focused on environmental health. The council’s Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) team were out in force to visit private rental homes, while a clean-up operation took place in Stroud Green.
Trading Standards officers visited shops and off-licenses for illegal goods and there was also a separate test-purchase operation taking place for illegal sale of knives.
A weapon sweep took place in the Finsbury Park/Seven Sisters area where a hammer was discovered in a planter just behind some benches.
30 January 2019
The Tottenham Hale Safer Neighbourhood Team have been working closely with Haringey Council to tackle anti-social behaviour (ASB) on Brook Street, N17.
Local residents and commuters using the bus stop close by reported feeling intimidated and threatened by the on-going ASB on Brook Street, which involved large groups congregating, dealing drugs and on occasions breaking into residential blocks.
Strong measures have been taken to address this problem with broken fences being repaired, new doors being put in place and increased patrols which have resulted in a number of Community Protection Warning notices being issued.
18 January 2019
- A confectionery shop in Turnpike Lane has been ordered to pay a total of £7,795 after they were caught fly-tipping on three separate occasions. Banoful Sweets Limited, trading as Praan Sweets, were taken to court by Haringey Council for persistently flouting the rules when it comes to depositing rubbish and leaving oil cans outside their property.
21 December 2018
- A landlord was caught out after waste was deposited in Park View Road and he was cautioned for flytipping. He paid a private waste contractor to dispose of the waste but it was traced back to his property in Wood Green and was issued with a £400 Fixed Penalty Notice. He has subsequently paid the fine.
31 October 2018
- A flytipping offence cost a Bruce Grove resident a £400 fixed penalty notice and formal caution, after the council found his domestic waste in the street. We will continue to work to ensure our streets are kept clean.
4 October 2018
- Our enforcement officers detected a company unlawfully depositing waste four times last year. It was fined £1,600, and ordered to pay towards the prosecution cost and a victim surcharge. We will continue to ensure that businesses keep our streets clean and tidy.
July 2018
- Our Enforcement Team successfully cracked down on 11 illegal street traders selling tickets near Finsbury Park on the public highway during June and July. 10 of the illegal traders plead guilty and were convicted of illegal street trading, while one pleaded not guilty and is going to trial.
18 June 2018
- We fined a home owner £400 for fly-tipping two sofas which he had been paid to collect, as well as a £115 fine towards our investigation costs.
14 May 2018
- Seven people were detained on Wood Green High Road by the partnership police team as they were playing the rigged '3 cup and ball' gambling trick, leading them to be charged with illegal street trading. Prosecutions and community protection notices with conditions issued.
- A Haringey off-licence owner was ordered to pay nearly £1,500 after Trading Standards and Customs Officers found 4,300 litres of non-duty paid beer in Aksu Food Store in Green Lanes. After pleading guilty, the supermarket licensee was fined, ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge.
27 April 2018
- Six fraudulent blue badges were seized and a vehicle was towed away this week. Blue badges are vital for disabled drivers and we will continue to take action against anyone who is caught misusing them
20 April 2018
- Our Safer Streets team issued penalty notices to three men who were street gambling on Wood Green High Road. The men have also been issued community protection warnings barring them from returning to the High Rodd, street gambling, street trading or loitering.
6 April 2018
- Perfume has been seized from a man illegally selling goods on Wood Green High Road. The seller fled - our investigations continue.
29 March 2018
- In two evening operations earlier this week, our Enforcement team issued 13x £400 fixed penalty notices, served 11 enforcement notices and reported one business to our Licensing team for a breach of its premises licence.
23 March 2018
- We have won a suspended possession order against a couple whose sons embarked on a campaign of crime and anti-social behaviour in Great Cambridge Road. The pair’s tenant parents were handed a three-year suspended possession order, so their home will be repossessed if there is any further trouble.
22 March 2018
- The private forecourt of a business in Lordship Lane was continually littered and not being properly maintained. Our Enforcement team asked the owner to clear the litter and when they failed to do so, issued a Community Protection Warning. This required the forecourt to be cleared and measures put in place to stop it happening again in the future. All litter and waste has now been cleared from the area.
21 March 2018
- Our enforcement team issued a Community Protection Warning to the landlord of a private forecourt of a Lordship Lane business requiring waste to be cleared and the area kept tidy.
19 March 2018
- Our enforcement team recently carried out two late night operations resulting in six £400 Fixed Penalty Notices being issued for fly-tipping.
16 March 2018
- Our enforcement team carried out two late night operations resulting in six £400 Fixed Penalty Notices being issued for fly-tipping.
15 March 2018
- After footage from one our CCTV cameras was passed to our enforcement team recently, the owner of a fast food restaurant in West Green Road was given a formal caution for fly-tipping and contributed £524 to council costs. The business had deposited three black refuse sacks on the pavement after running out of branded commercial sacks. Businesses must pay for collection of their commercial waste, and must use branded refuse sacks when they put waste out to be picked up from a public highway.
9 March 2018
- Two late night enforcement operations this week resulted in nine separate £400 fly tipping Fixed Penalty Notices and one other £110 fine for using the wrong waste receptacle.
- A resident was issued with a Formal Caution and paid a contribution of £150 towards our costs after building waste was dumped in Seymour Avenue, N17. The resident had used a builder to carry out work at a nearby property, and he had left the items behind. The resident was unable to provide the builders details and was reported for breaching their Household Duty of Care.
- Sixteen unlicensed gaming machines and an illegal betting terminal were seized in raids on five businesses as we teamed up with the Gambling Commission and the police to tackle rogue gambling. We will look to prosecute all of the businesses involved.
8 March 2018
- Today at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court, the owner of Fish Fish restaurant on Archway Road, N6 was sentenced after pleading guilty to six counts of fly tipping and one count of failing to provide valid waste documents. The owner was fined £2,800 and ordered to pay £1,292 in costs with a £170 victim surcharge, totalling £4,262. The fly tipping offences took place from March to October 2017. Waste, which regularly consisted of black bags and cardboard boxes, was frequently dumped either across the road from the restaurant or at the junction of Causton Road and Cromwell Avenue. As well as repeatedly changing company names to avoid liability for legal action, the restaurant owner had refused to pay a number of fixed penalty notices and refused to acquire a waste contract.
19 and 22 February 2018
- Two recent late night operations resulted in our officers issuing seven £400 fixed penalty notices for fly-tipping offences.
15 February 2018
- In a late-night enforcement operation, our officers fined nine businesses £400 each for fly-tipping, and four more were fined £110 each for using the wrong waste receptacle.
2 February 2018
- Officers carried out two late-night enforcement operations this week and issued 10 businesses with £400 fines for fly-tipping.
25 January 2018
- In a late-night enforcement operation, our officers fined six businesses £400 each for fly-tipping, and three £110 each for using the wrong receptacle.
24 January 2018
- A man has been jailed for nine months for a string of offences, including common assault, drugs matters and trademarks crimes in Tottenham. The man attended Wood Green Crown Court, following hard work from our enforcement team and the Partnership Policing Team. He was also caught selling counterfeit tobacco at White Hart Lane market and on Tottenham High Road, and he was ordered to forfeit it and pay a victim surcharge.
22 January 2018
- Our enforcement officers gave six businesses £400 fixed penalty notices for fly-tipping in a late night operation.
16 January 2018
- Our enforcement team seized a huge haul of tobacco, alcohol and prescription medicine from a Tottenham supermarket following a late night patrol. Unlicensed alcohol was found in the shop itself and in the cellar. HMRC are investigating. Also on the night, five £400 fines were issued to businesses
11 January 2018
- The owner of a shop on West Green Road must pay £800 after being prosecuted at Highbury magistrates court for selling a knife to an underage person in a council test purchase operation.
- A business owner on West Green Road has paid a £400 fly-tipping fine after appearing at our offices for a formal interview. Weeks earlier, on 19 October, Veolia found evidence in a fly-tip in N15 containing fridges and chairs and passed it to our enforcement team, who traced the dumped items to a café in Romford. In an interview, the Romford business owner revealed they had sold the items on to another business in West Green Road. Our team tracked down the Haringey business owner and, following an interview, the company admitted dumping the items and paid the fine
9 January 2018
- In our late-night Operation Twilight, we targeted fly-tippers, offered support to rough sleepers, fined street traders breaching licences and warned a group of men about street drinking:
- We issued four £400 fly-tipping fines after business waste was dumped in black bags in the street. Enforcement notices will also be served to the owners to ensure they have a trade waste agreement in place. If they fail to comply they may get a further fine.
- We offered support to three rough sleepers and were able to refer one male to the Homeless Persons Unit for assistance.
- A £100 fine for breaching a street trading licence was handed to a business owner whose display in front of the business was more than the allowed 1 metre.
- A Muswell Hill business owner was recently convicted for unlicensed street trading over tables and chairs set out in the street in front of the business. The owner continued to put these out without a licence and we have spoken to the individual again.
- Three men were handed a warning notice about street drinking in a Public Space Protection Order area. All males were spoken to and given advice about the restricted area
Previous successes (archive)
- Enforcement action results - October-December 2017 (PDF, 64KB)
- Enforcement action results - July-September 2017 (PDF, 49KB)
- Enforcement action results - April-June 2017 (PDF, 73KB)
- Enforcement action results - January-March 2017 (PDF, 31KB)
Fly-tipping
One of our enforcement team’s biggest tasks is tackling fly-tipping. Getting a conviction takes a huge amount of time and resources.
- Find out more on our Fly-tipping: Help us catch the crooks page
- Spotted something? Report fly-tipping to Enforcement
Page last updated:
October 14, 2022
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