Decision - Environmental Health Enforcement Policy

To agree a specific enforcement policy for Environmental Health enforcement services to sit under the corporate policy.

Note: The title and description have been updated since publication of Edition 9 of the Forward Plan and since publication of Edition 10 of the Forward Plan.

(1)       That the Cabinet Member for Environment approves the Environmental Health Enforcement Policy.

The proper implementation of the Policy will help the Council achieve its objective to have fair law enforcement across all regulatory services.

1.     Consideration was given to adopting the Corporate Policy in its entirety. However the document is an over arching framework document that reflects the breadth of the regulatory activity that is the responsibility of the council and the sanctions available to it.

2.     The production of a service policy that specifically links back to the framework document is considered essential to reflect the different sanctions available and the types of activity performed.