Illegal tip site beside Perth shore remains a blind spot one year further on
dailyrecord.co.ukFly-tipping has reached farcical levels on the banks of the River Tay – one year on from a previous call for action. The PA exposed the concerning waste tip on private land – not far from the King James VI Business Centre down Friarton Road in Perth – in April 2021.
Back then, councillors called on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to act.Controlled waste materials have been haphazardly dumped next to the river, including builders rubble, refrigeration equipment, tyres and hydraulic mechanisms, as well as domestic waste.
Lib Dem Perth City Centre councillor Peter Barrett last year said: “The problems of fly-tipping on this site have gone on for too long, the issues have been regularly raised with SEPA and they need to act. “Because the fly-tipping is on private land it is SEPA’s responsibility to enforce its removal.”Cllr Barrett had added: “I have written to the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform asking her to intervene to get SEPA to act on this urgently.”But nothing happened and the refuse dump now includes a burnt-out car wreck, more trashed white goods and a rotting double mattress.
It appears worse than before.Perth and Kinross Council explained, as the site is on private land, the responsibility to seek action lies with SEPA.
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