Mountain of rubbish

WEST DRAYTON WAKES UP TO CAR PARK OVERFLOWING WITH FLY-TIPPED WASTE

SO much rubbish, you can’t see anything else.

That is what west London residents woke up to in the car park of a High Street building one morning in early February.

Photos of the huge mounds of waste are truly shocking.

Rubbish can be seen overflowing from skips and seems to cover every inch of a car park under Kirk House, West Drayton.

Hillingdon Council has confirmed the rubbish was fly-tipped, but that is little comfort to residents who have been wondering when something was going to be done.

One local, who asked not to be named, has seen the waste regularly of late.

They claim travellers moved onto the abandoned site with caravans and even put in place a system for guarding the gates.

“The fly-tipping started a few days after they moved in. It was hardly anything at first,” they said.

The resident claims that full truck loads of junk were being unloaded.

Another local said those behind the dumping had to move their own vehicles several times to create more space, while shamelessly coming back and forth with extra rubbish – in full view of horrified locals.

Nearby residents said they were unhappy with an apparent lack of interest in stopping the makeshift rubbish dump from both the council and the police.

However, Hillingdon Council insisted it would make the landowner tidy up the privately-owned land, while taking a tough approach to fly-tipping.

A council spokesman said: “As the fly-tipping is on private land, we are contacting the landowner to ask them to clear it up as soon as possible.

“We take a zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping, which blights residents’ lives and is costly to clear up, and anyone caught flytipping on public land will be fined or prosecuted.

“We encourage residents to report fly-tipping via www.hillingdon.gov. uk/flytipping.”

On Thursday, February 14 there was movement at the site, but this time it was not just more rubbish arriving.

Photos showed men in high vis clothing, seemingly evicting those who had been using the site.

The Gazette understands no one is now occupying the area but the rubbish remains.

It is not yet clear who owns the building or car park.

Locals said it was previously used by the NHS and could be turned into flats by a developer.

We take a zerotolerance approach to fly-tipping, which blights residents’ lives ans is costly to clear up Hillingdon Council