Issue - meetings

To receive the report of the Cabinet Member for Community and Wellbeing

            RESOLVED

            That the new policy for issuing Fixed Penalty Notices be approved and adopted, subject to the amendment of the statement regarding data retention, as discussed.

            REASON

            To allow authorised Council staff to enforce legislation by means of a fixed penalty notice applying a standardised procedure.

The Cabinet Member for Community and Wellbeing submitted a report seeking approval for the formal adoption of a policy for issuing Fixed Penalty Notices.

The proposed policy identified the offences for which fixed penalties could be issued and set out the scale of the penalties, the procedures for the issuing of Fixed Penalty Notice’s and how an offender would be taken to Court if the Fixed Penalty Notice remains unpaid. Offences included those relating to litter and waste, breaches of Public Space Protection Orders, nuisance parking and abandoned vehicles, graffiti and fly posting

The proposed policy aggregated existing departmental policies into a single policy for the authority following changes to the legislation available to local councils.

It was noted that the last sentence of the section within the proposed policy regarding data retention would be amended to read “These records will be held and disposed of securely in line with Data Protection legislation and the Council’s Privacy Policy.”

The Community and Wellbeing Policy Development Advisory Group supported the proposed policy.

            RESOLVED

            That the new policy for issuing Fixed Penalty Notices be approved and adopted, subject to the amendment of the statement regarding data retention, as noted above.

            REASON

            To allow authorised Council staff to enforce legislation by means of a fixed penalty notice applying a standardised procedure.