Issue - meetings

Review of Enforcement

Meeting: 18/10/2017 - Cabinet (Item 8)

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To consider the Review of Enforcement report and the appended draft enforcement policies.

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Minutes:

Councillor Howell said Cabinet had been keen to prioritise the Council’s approach to enforcement. He gave a summary of the report. The Scrutiny Committee’s work had formed the basis of the corporate strategy. There were areas where work still needed to be done in relation to individual services. Regulatory enforcement powers would be exercised on the basis of being proportionate, accountable, consistent, transparent and targeted. The aim was to change and deter non-compliant behaviours and eliminate financial gain or benefit from non-compliance. Enforcement was a key responsibility of the Council and was consistently identified as a priority by local people and businesses.

 

The Chairman said enforcement was a key objective and the new framework was very clear.

 

In response to a question from Councillor Light asking how many fixed penalty notices were issued by officers, the Principal Environmental Health Officer – Protection said officers did not issue many, but were looking at making more use of them.

 

RESOLVED to approve the draft enforcement policies annexed to this report, subject to authorising officers to carry out further work to ensure consistent presentation and layout.