Lib Dem Environment Spokesperson and Highgate ward councillor Bob Hare has called on Haringey Council to probe its CCTV records to find those responsible for dumping two large loads of rubbish in Queens Wood, N6.

He has also requested that the two lorry loads of building rubbish and rubble, which remains a week after they were originally reported, be removed immediately.

Cllr Hare, along with local MP Lynne Featherstone, has for many years lobbied Haringey Council to ensure that its contractor Accord removes fly-tipped waste quickly and that greater efforts be made to catch those responsible for causing this problem.

He is hopeful that CCTV installed last year and situated less than 50 metres from one of the two dumping sites will lead to a successful prosecution.

However Cllr Hare adds that Haringey Council and Accord must respond quicker to reports of fly-tipping in blackspots like Queens Wood to ensure other would-be fly-tippers are deterred.

Cllr Hare comments:

“Queens Wood is one of this borough’s true beauty spots and it needs to be retained and looked after. Over the last couple of years we have successfully pressed for the wood to be made a priority route for street cleaning and litter collection.

“However fly-tipping remains a problem in this area that the Council must address and we will make sure that they do.”