A management company has received a large fine from Portsmouth City Council for failing to clear up rubbish outside a North End property.
A management company has received a large fine from Portsmouth City Council for failing to clear up rubbish outside a North End property.
Powerscourt Property Ltd was issued with a community protection notice in October 2023, after several complaints from local residents about the rubbish in the front and back garden of 257 Queen’s Road, North End. The company, who had also failed to secure the property against unlawful entry, failed to abide by the notice, and the case was referred to Portsmouth Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 27 August.
No-one from Powerscourt Property Ltd appeared in court and the case was heard in their absence. The court found the company guilty of the offence and they were fined £50,000.00, with a victim surcharge of £2000.00, and costs of £670.00.
Cllr Lee Hunt, Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Leisure and Sport, said: ” Everyone deserves to live in a safe, clean and tidy environment and this case goes to show the power local residents have to alert us to situations such as fly tipping, rubbish that has been put out ahead of bin day, dumped waste or any other rubbish that is causing a nuisance. We won’t tolerate this kind of behaviour and we will issue fines when we need to; as the local ward councillor I welcome the substantial fine as a strong deterrent to others”
Residents can report fly tipping or other waste issues through the council’s online form Report – Portsmouth City Council
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