Littering. Pic: Dixon

Antisocial behaviour on the Borough’s streets will be met with on-the-spot fines of up to £80 by Lambeth Council.

Anybody in Lambeth seen damaging the environment by spitting or urinating in the street, failing to clear up after their dog, fly tipping or littering would be issued fines since last year.

The fines are expected to protect the streets by making offenders think twice when doing damaging actions in Borough.

Cllr Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth’s cabinet member for Environment and Sustainability, said: “Our ‘Do the Right Thing’ campaign encourages residents to act in a responsible way to help make Lambeth a clean, pleasant and safe place to live a work.

“While the majority of residents already do this, a small minority are damaging Borough, polluting the streets, causing offence and costing the council valuable resources. We are now saying; ‘Not on our streets’.

Posters are being put up around Borough warning people about possible fines and a new enforcement team will begin work later this summer, which will have the power to respond to incidents of anti-social behaviour at a local, neighbourhood level.

Last year council officers issued nearly a thousand Fixed Penalty Notices for antisocial behaviour, with almost half of those for littering.

In October, Lambeth issued its first FPN for spitting under current anti-littering legislation, resulting in a £120 fine after the case went to court.

There are already hundreds of people taking up Lambeth’s Do the Right Thing challenge; making  Borough a better place to live and acting as role models for others to follow.