\n Charles Amos, who lives at 63-77 Princes Road, said he has been reporting dumped mattresses, furniture including sofas, and overflowing general waste\u00a0since July last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n He claimed\u00a0that the fly-tipping problem began after the block of flats\u2019 managing agents, J Nicholson & Son, removed the doors from the bin store.\n<\/p>\n
\n As a result, he has to suffer from the \u201cstench\u201d of uncollected rubbish under his flat, as well as the flies attracted by the smell.\n<\/p>\n
\n The bins pictured on July 29, 2025 (Image: Charles Amos)\n<\/p>\n
\n Charles\u00a0claims that despite numerous complaints to the managing agents, no meaningful action has been taken to resolve the problem.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cEver since the doors to the bin store were removed, it has been a complete dumping area,\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere are no boundaries to the bins anymore, so they get filled and overflow \u2013 it\u2019s just an invitation for anyone to dump anything.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt\u2019s a weekly occurrence, but my words fall on deaf ears.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n He added that when the managing agents have organised for the waste to be removed, it has been put onto his service charge.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI feel that is absolutely unacceptable,\u201d he said. \u201cI am not responsible for that excess waste which is a direct result of them\u00a0removing the doors from the bin store.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Sofas and mattresses are among the items that have been dumped outside the block (Image: Charles Amos)\n<\/p>\n
\n But J Nicholson & Son has claimed that removing the doors from the bin store is among \u201cseveral improvements\u201d it has made to waste management at the block.\n<\/p>\n
\n They added that despite also adding ramps and new bins, fly-tipping \u201cremains a persistent issue\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Havering Labour councillor Jane Keane has now said she has directly intervened in the case, after a sofa was dumped outside the block last month.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said that she had contacted Havering Council, bypassing its case tracking system to raise her concerns directly about the ongoing fly-tipping.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cIt is a dismal state of affairs when neighbours and a councillor are reduced to making weekly phone calls and site visits to deal with one issue already known to the [managing agents],\u201d she said.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI am not convinced either of the virtue of the council\u2019s new case tracker system which defines what the council will get involved in really narrowly.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n J Nicholson & Son has also criticised the council, claiming it does not\u00a0provide support for clearing items or investigating those responsible for the fly-tipping.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Havering Council said: \u201cWe encourage residents to report issues directly to us via our easy-to-use customer service and enquiry website pages, which means the reports are logged on to our system and reach the relevant service teams directly.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHowever, the council’s reporting system only covers fly-tipping on the public highway, not on private property.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAs the reported location at Princes Road is private property, we can only continue to work with the managing agents who are responsible for investigating and clearing fly-tipped items on behalf of the residents who live there.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n They added that the council has been \u201csuccessful\u201d in prosecuting the fly-tippers it has caught.\n<\/p>\n
\n Charles has said that problems include an ongoing stench and flies (Image: Charles Amos)\n<\/p>\n
\n J Nicholson & Son said: \u201cAs managing agents, we regularly communicate with residents about the importance of using the refuse area correctly.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cHowever, large and bulky items are still being abandoned, often, we believe by individuals who may not be residents of this block.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are exploring long-term solutions and have recently been given contact details for the managing agents of neighbouring blocks to facilitate further collaboration.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cPlease be assured that we remain committed to maintaining the area and ensuring that any waste left behind is removed and disposed of promptly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles Amos, who lives at 63-77 Princes Road, said he has been reporting dumped mattresses, furniture including sofas,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-323476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114983873004270220","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}