Issue - meetings

Introduction of Fixed Penalty Notices for flytipping and review of current fixed penalty charges.

 

 

Meeting: 02/02/2017 - Council (Item 88)

88 Introduction of Fixed Penalty Notices for flytipping and review of current fixed penalty charges. pdf icon PDF 30 KB

Report of the Strategic Director, Communities and Environment

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Consideration was given to a report seeking approval of the introduction of new Fixed Penalty Notice tariffs and the introduction of a Fixed Penalty Notice in relation to flytipping.

 

COUNCIL RESOLVED          -           i)          That the introduction of a new Fixed

Penalty Notice in respect of flytipping be approved.

 

                                                            ii)         That the Fixed Penalty Notice tariffs be

amended in line with Table 2 of the report.

 

Meeting: 24/01/2017 - Cabinet (Item 157)

157 Introduction of Fixed Penalty Notices for flytipping and review of current fixed penalty charges. pdf icon PDF 203 KB

Report of the Strategic Director, Communities and Environment

Minutes:

Consideration has been given to recommending the Council to approve the introduction of Fixed Penalty Notices for flytipping and revised environmental fixed penalty charges.

 

 

 

The alternative options to those being recommended, but which were discounted, included not introducing Fixed Penalty Notices for fly tipping, not revising existing Fixed Penalty Charges or introducing different charges.

 

 

 

RESOLVED -

 

That the Council be recommended to approve:

 

 

 

 

(i)

The introduction of a new Fixed Penalty Notice in respect of flytipping as set out in Table 1 of the report.

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Revisions to the existing Fixed Penalty Notice tariffs as set out in Table 2 to the report.

 

 

 

The above decisions have been made to support the protection of the environment in Gateshead through the use of an effective enforcement toolkit, whose penalties reflect the seriousness with which residents view the issues and more closely reflects the true costs to the Council of enforcement work.