Man fined £500 for dumping Henry Hoover in Stafford Borough village

By Livia Gregor 22nd Sep 2026

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A man has been fined £500 after being caught fly-tipping in a village in Stafford Borough.

The incident occurred on Whitesytch Lane near the village of Hilderstone where a man dumped two hand saws and a vacuum cleaner (which appears to be a Henry Hoover).

The gentleman, from Cheadle, was then spotted driving off in a white van.

Thanks to information from a woman who witnessed the fly-tipping, Stafford Borough Council was able to trace the van and issued the man with a £500 fixed penalty notice after he admitted to the environmental crime.

Cllr Ian Fordham, Cabinet Member for Environment, thanked the woman saying without the public's help they would not be able to successfully catch offenders.

"Fly-tipping is a blight on our communities - and as well as making an area untidy and potentially unsafe, it can cause environmental damage.

"We need the public's help to trace those committing these environmental crimes and I am very grateful this lady came forward and provided details and evidence of this latest incident which has enabled us to track down the person responsible."

Over £,1000 in fines were handed out for fly-tipping offences near the village of Gnosall and on an industrial estate at Eccleshall during the summer.