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Abandoned Caravan being used as rubbish bin, attracting fly tipping to the whole area
Sent to Bristol City Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 7250845.
I am writing to report an abandoned caravan on Petherbridge Way that has become a significant environmental and safety concern for our community.
This caravan was originally located on the green area but was moved approximately a meter onto the road during an eviction process carried out by council-employed bailiffs.
Before being relocated during eviction by BCC bailiffs , this caravan had been vandalised, smashed, abandoned, and is now being used as an impromptu dumping ground, attracting additional fly-tipping to our area. The attached photographs document this situation. I wish to emphasise that this waste is not being generated by the legitimate van-dwelling residents in the area, who dispose of their waste appropriately and ethically.
This situation creates several serious problems:
The abandoned caravan and accumulating waste represent a significant fire, health and environmental hazard, endangering nearby residents and wildlife.
The council's inaction in removing this hazard could be interpreted as neglect of duty of care to local residents. This eyesore will inevitably be wrongfully attributed to the van-dwelling community (there is plenty of precedent and evidence for this with NET/BCC conduct), when in fact we are victims of this situation, not the cause.
During a time of heightened community tensions, this abandoned caravan presents an opportunity for those with prejudiced views against the van-dwelling/GRT community to target us, potentially through arson or other harmful acts.
I request urgent action to remove this abandoned caravan and clean up the associated waste. Proper management of this situation would benefit all community members, residents and consumers on and around Petherbridge Way, and prevent the van-dwelling community from being unfairly scapegoated for issues we did not create.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. I am available to discuss this further or provide additional information as needed.
Updates
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Thank you for taking the time to report fly- tipping to Bristol City Council. We will aim to remove the fly- tip within 3 days, but this depends on its size, scale, location, or whether the fly tip is hazardous.
Reducing levels of fly tipping is important so please share any evidence of who is doing it with the council.
If you witnessed who fly-tipped the waste or have evidence (CCTV/photo) please call us on 01179222100, or submit this at https://digital.bristol.gov.uk/ streets-travel/ tell-us-about-a-fly-tipping-incident-you-saw. #YourCity.YourCall
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We are pleased to let you know that we have scheduled work to address the problem. We will let you know when the work is complete.
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Thank you for taking the time to report this issue to us.
Our team has investigated and found that resolving this issue does not fall under the responsibility of Bristol Waste, or we are unable to address this problem for health and safety reasons at this time. This might be because the issue is on private property, or because it is located in an inaccessible area. Please contact us by calling 01179222100.
If you are unhappy with our response, please let us know here https://www.bristol.gov.uk/ contact/ complaints-and-feedback/ complaints-procedures
Please continue to report street issues to help us keep Bristol clean and safe.
This report is now closed to updates from the public. You can make a new report in the same location. Please reference 7250845 in your new report if it is an update on this one.