Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director Leisure and Environment.

Consideration was given to the report of the Director of Leisure and Environment, as contained on pages 651 to 656 of the Book of Reports, which advised of changes to the use of Fixed Penalties and sought approval for the level of fixed penalty fines to be applied to certain waste offences.

RESOLVED:   A.     That the use of fixed penalties to enforce against the householder duty of care offences be authorised and the level of the fixed penalty be set at the default amount of £200.

B.     That the default fixed penalty amount for littering and for the related offences of unauthorised distribution of free printed material in a designated area, graffiti and fly-posting be reduced and set at the default level of £100.

C.     That the new fixed penalty amounts set out in Appendix 1 be adopted.