Corporate Enforcement Policy
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
To review and update the Breckland and South Holland Corporate Enforcement Policies and create a single joint policy for both authorities.
Decision:
The revised Corporate Enforcement Policy be approved
Reasons for the decision:
To ensure legal compliance and to ensure that enforcement action taken by the council is better able to resist a challenge in the courts.
Alternative options considered:
1. To adopt the revised Corporate Enforcement Policy to guide all enforcement activities undertaken by all service areas with a regulatory responsibility.
2. Do nothing and retain the previous published Corporate Enforcement Policy dated 2010, contrary to current regulatory requirements and statutory guidelines.
Report author: Sarah Shipley
Publication date: 01/05/2018
Date of decision: 01/05/2018
Decided at meeting: 01/05/2018 - Cabinet
Effective from: 09/05/2018
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