1:10am Wednesday 6th August 2008
By Tom Weatherill
Council chiefs are tapping in to the DVLA database to track down hundreds of potential offenders.
Issues such as dog fouling, fly-tipping and noisy vehicles have all led to Tendring Council using the database to track down names and addresses.
In the past year, the council accessed it on 340 occasions.
Nigel Brown, Tendring Council’s communications manager, said the council only used the DVLA database where it had authority to do so.
“This covers issues such as abandoned vehicles, fly-tipping, untaxed vehicles, noise nuisance, dog fouling, fly-posting, bus lanes, noisy vehicles and damage to street furniture,” he said.
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