North East Lincolnshire Council is warning households to be on their guard following reports of known rogue traders operating in the area. The Council is advising people not to take up offers for jobs such as clearing gardens and replacing driveways from traders knocking at the door. They will often quote a low price for…
3 years ago | Environment and community safetyNorth East Lincolnshire Council successfully prosecuted two fly-tippers for dumping rubbish illegally after they were caught on CCTV. In one hearing, Steven Vines, 34, of Tunnard Street, Grimsby, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act. He was seen on CCTV arriving at Garibaldi Street car park in a black Mazda on 18…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety
Armchairs, mattresses, a shopping trolley and a door – just some items from a heap of rubbish North East Lincolnshire Council enforcement officers had cleared from a Grimsby garden. It cost the Council £2,000 to remove the rubbish from the long-term empty property in Hainton Avenue. Owners Peter Reid, 58, and Sara Short, 55 ,…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety
THE area’s first pet cremation facility is preparing to open it’s doors after construction work was completed at the site off Weelsby Road in Grimsby. The Treasured Memories pet crematorium, which is located next to Grimsby crematorium, will soon offer families the chance to give their beloved pets a final goodbye without having to travel…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety
Local residents have just five days left to have their say on air quality in the area. North East Lincolnshire Council is carrying out a public consultation on the issue, with the responses set to inform a new approach to air quality and pollution over the coming years. Many Council services are affected by air…
3 years ago | Environment and community safetyNorth East Lincolnshire Council has successfully prosecuted a Grimsby woman and a Cleethorpes man as part of an ongoing crackdown against fly-tipping. In two separate cases, the fly-tippers were caught on CCTV dumping rubbish illegally at the former recycling banks in Grimsby’s Garibaldi Street Car Park. The first incident happened on 18 May 2019 when…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety
Two people left court with a £1,020 bill after their vehicles were used to fly-tip waste at bring to recycling banks. In the first of two separate hearings, Jason Robinson, 39, of Vincent Road, Grimsby, pleaded guilty to an offence under the Environmental Protection Act. His white Ford Transit van was captured on CCTV at…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety
Ninety buildings on one of the main roads through Grimsby and Cleethorpes have been smartened up as part of North East Lincolnshire Council campaign. Property owners are responding positively to calls to fix up their buildings as part of Operation Gateway. The Council launched the campaign in June 2020 to improve the street scene on…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety
North East Lincolnshire Council is issuing more CCTV images as part of a campaign to help tackle fly-tipping in the area. Environmental enforcement officers at the Council are releasing CCTV images in connection with several fly-tipping incidents in Grimsby and Cleethorpes. People can view the images and use an online reporting form at www.nelincs.gov.uk/caught-on-camera. The…
3 years ago | Environment and community safetyNorth East Lincolnshire Council and its regeneration partner, ENGIE, have completed footpath modification works in Grimsby’s Ainslie Street Park. Contractors raised the footpath above previous levels of standing water in the park and it is now fully open. There is a natural spring in the park which contributes to the standing water. It becomes further…
3 years ago | Environment and community safety