'Stupid bureaucracy' in waste management is turning beauty spots into dumping grounds, claims a Monk Bretton resident.
Andy Trask, 44, had a series of 'Frank Spencer' setbacks when he tried to dump an old sofa and bed from a rented house that he was helping his daughter Katie, 21, move into.
He first rang Barnsley Council's waste management team to book his van into the tip at Smithies depot but was told he needed to book 12 hours in advance.
The tip agreed to let him in after some 'pleading' but then they saw his van.
Andy, of Newlyn Drive, said: "It was a Luton Box van, a type not allowed in Barnsley Council sites. I was stuck. I couldn't start moving my daughter's furniture in until I moved the old stuff out."
Andy went to a nearby van hire firm and hired a smaller van. But back at the tip he again got the red flag.
He said: "They told me the van was still too big and that I should find a 'pay-in' tip." Andy eventually managed to book in at Worsbrough tip.
He said: "Walking my dogs, I regularly see dumped sofas and mattresses on beautiful suburban retreats. Is there any wonder with these people in charge of waste management? When people try to do the right thing and dump rubbish at the tips provided, they are hit with stupid bureaucracy."
Coun Roy Miller, Cabinet spokesman for development, environment and culture, said householders by law could only move waste they had generated themselves in their own home.
"The waste in this case was left by a previous tenant, and was the responsibility of the landlord to remove. It was commercial waste and not permitted, by law, to be accepted at the sites or moved by anyone who did not have a waste carrier's licence."
Barnsley residents who wish to visit a household waste recycling site with a van or a trailer need a permit, he said.
