Agenda item

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the Corporate Enforcement Policy, as attached at Appendix A to the officer’s report, be approved and adopted.

2.   That the Fixed Penalty Notice Supplementary Guidance, as attached at Appendix B to the officer’s report, be approved and adopted.

3.   That delegated authority be granted to the Senior Environmental Health Officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Governance, to approve minor amendments to the Corporate Enforcement Policy and Fixed Penalty Notice Supplementary Guidance.

REASON FOR RECOMMENDATIONS

To have a corporate approach to enforcement across all services that carry out regulatory roles.

The Senior Environmental Health Officer submitted a report seeking approval for a Corporate Enforcement Policy and supplementary guidance on the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notices.

The report noted that the policy, as attached at Appendix A to the officer’s report, applied to all Council services and set out the broad approach that the Council would take to enforcement. 

The policy covered the varying levels of enforcement action available to the Council, how the Council would determine appropriate action(s) in the event of non-compliance, and how investigations would be conducted.

*RESOLVED –

1.   That the Corporate Enforcement Policy, as attached at Appendix A to the officer’s report, be approved and adopted.

2.   That the Fixed Penalty Notice Supplementary Guidance, as attached at Appendix B to the officer’s report, be approved and adopted.

3.   That delegated authority be granted to the Senior Environmental Health Officer in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Governance, to approve minor amendments to the Corporate Enforcement Policy and Fixed Penalty Notice Supplementary Guidance.

REASON FOR DECISIONS

To have a corporate approach to enforcement across all services that carry out regulatory roles.