Hamstrung councils still cannot use CCTV to catch illegal dumpers

The LGMA is required to submit draft codes of practice to set standards for the operation of CCTV.

Data protection concerns mean CCTV still cannot be used by local authorities to address illegal dumping, even though an act was passed to permit this.

It has led to claims that local authorities “are being given the tools to tackle illegal dumping with one hand and stymied by further bureaucracy with the other.”