Dover council recorded 8.2 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 25% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 942, most of them on the highway. Of those, 17 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £4,240 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Dumping a sofa by the White Cliffs is a shit way of getting on a postcard.