Mid Sussex council recorded 3.0 fly-tipping incidents per 1,000 people a year from 2022-23 to 2024-25, 73% lower than the typical English council's 11.0. In 2024-25 it recorded 475, most of them on the highway. Of those, 7 were tipper-lorry loads or bigger, which cost £3,150 to clear. It issued no fixed penalty notices and brought no prosecutions.
Burgess Hill could mistake a dumped bath for the redevelopment. Something's actually turned up.