It is hoped that as well as reducing crime, the gates will prevent vandalism and fly tipping.

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He said properties left empty for a long time often attracted "vandalism and fly tipping and drag down the value of the properties all around them".

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Conservative councillor Zameer Shah said that the new scheme was "not well thought out" and echoed the concerns of his leader, Glenn Miller, by saying that fly tipping would increase.

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