Fixed penalty notice (FPN) for environmental crime – paying or appealing your FPN

Paying or appealing a fixed penalty notice (FPN) for environmental crime

Pay your fixed penalty notice

Please note: If you make payment before sending us any correspondence, you have accepted liability and have lost the option to appeal. Once we've received payment, the case will be closed.

If you don’t pay

If you fail to pay your FPN, we will assume you have elected to have this matter dealt with at a magistrate's court. A court summons will be issued once the payment window has closed.

If you can’t pay 

If you are struggling to pay your FPN, it is important you contact us as soon as possible. We do not accept instalments and are unable to set up payment plans.

Email: net@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

By post:

Central Bedfordshire Council
Priory House
Monks Walk
Chicksands
Shefford
Bedfordshire
SG17 5TQ

How to appeal

If you wish to appeal your FPN, please email net@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk, ensuring you include the FPN reference, your name, postcode and reason for appeal.

Please note: Email is not secure, so please ensure you take all appropriate precautions to protect any personal information.

Your appeal will be reviewed within 28 days and you will receive a decision via email.

Other appeal options

By post:

Central Bedfordshire Council
Priory House
Monks Walk
Chicksands
Shefford
Bedfordshire
SG17 5TQ

What is a fixed penalty notice?

A fixed penalty notice (FPN) is a notice giving an individual to pay a fine and avoid prosecution for an offence.

Our officers have the power to issue an on-the-spot fine, or fixed penalty notice, if they believe someone has committed: