Issue - meetings
Fixed Penalty Notice Policy
Meeting: 04/04/2024 - Cabinet (Item 267)
267 Fixed Penalty Notice Policy 
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Purpose
To consider a new policy for the administration of Fixed Penalty Notices.
Recommendations
That Cabinet resolves to:
1. Approve the Fixed Penalty Notice Policy
Additional documents:
- Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) Policy 2023, item 267
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- Annex B - EIA for CDC FPN 2024, item 267
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- Webcast for Fixed Penalty Notice Policy
Decision:
The purpose of this item was to consider a new policy for the administration of Fixed Penalty Notices.
The Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services, Councillor Layton introduced the item and outlined the recommendations to Cabinet.
Councillor Layton proposed the recommendations and Councillor Joe Harris seconded.
RESOLVED: That Cabinet:
1. APPROVED the Fixed Penalty Notice Policy
Voting Record
5 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions, 3 Absent/Did not vote
Minutes:
The purpose of this item was to consider a new policy for the administration of Fixed Penalty Notices.
The Cabinet Member for Planning and Regulatory Services, Councillor Layton introduced the item and outlined the following points:
- Cabinet approved in December 2023 to increase the fine levels to the maximum level permissible by the Government. Following this decision, the formation of a clear fixed penalty notice policy document was required with the new rates.
- This policy would cover a range of environmental offences outlined at paragraph 3.4 which included fly tipping and dog fouling.
- Fixed penalties can be an effective and visible way of responding to environmental crimes and provide a quicker and proportionate alternative to prosecution through the courts. They allow the person believed to have committed an offence the opportunity to discharge their liability to conviction for that offence by the payment of a fixed penalty
Councillor Layton proposed the recommendations and Councillor Joe Harris seconded.
RESOLVED: That Cabinet:
1. APPROVED the Fixed Penalty Notice Policy
Voting Record
5 For, 0 Against, 0 Abstentions, 3 Absent/Did not vote
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Abstention |
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Joe Harris |
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Claire Bloomer |
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Juliet Layton |
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Mike McKeown |
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Lisa Spivey |
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Tony Dale |
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Mike Evemy |
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Paul Hodgkinson |
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