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 through Do it online	£250 (or £125 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 through Do it online. You must complete the course within five days of payment. The course costs £125. 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 through Do it online	£300	£5,000
Failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice	Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice through Do it online	£110	£1,000
Flytipping	Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice through Do it online	£1000	12 months imprisonment and/or £50,000 fine.

Dogs

Offence	Pay online	Amount you pay	Maximum penalty on conviction
Failure to remove dog poo	Pay a fixed penalty notice payments through estore	£100	£1,000
Allowing a dog to stray	Pay a fixed penalty notice payments through estore	£100	£1,000
Failing to place a dog on a lead when asked by an authorised officer	Pay a fixed penalty notice payments through estore	£100	£1,000
Allowing dogs into designated fenced off play areas where dogs are not permitted	Pay a fixed penalty notice payments through 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 through Do it online	£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 through Do it online	£100	Individual £2,500 Body £20,000
Failure to produce documents	Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice through Do it online	£300	£5,000
Abandoned vehicles	Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice through Do it online	£200	£2,500
Graffiti and fly posting	Pay a Fixed Penalty Notice through Do it online	£250	£1,000

Other ways to pay

By phone

Contact 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 or 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.

Contact 24 hour payment line