DECISION:

1.    To adopt new levels for fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for offences related to littering, graffiti/fly-posting, fly-tipping, and breach of the household waste duty of care and to set discount levels and periods as detailed in the table below.

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR COMMUNITIES (S.BAXTER)

Interim Director Public Realm (A. Ali),

Councillor Kabir Hussain, Cabinet Member for Environment and the Climate Emergency, introduced the report that asked the Mayor in Cabinet to agree new levels for fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for offences related to littering, graffiti/fly-posting, fly-tipping, and breach of the household waste duty of care. The report also asked to Mayor in Cabinet to set new discount levels and periods for those FPNs. Ashraf Ali, Director of Public Realm provided further detail.

The Cabinet welcomed the report but asked officers to make sure that residents are clearly communicated about the changes in the levels.

The Mayor welcomed the report and the benefits to the Council and residents in deterring the offences that FPNs cover and keeping the Council a cleaner borough. The Mayor echoed the Cabinet comments on making sure that all residents are communicated these changes. The Mayor also asked that officers look into the locations of bins in the borough and whether they are in the correct place.

RESOLVED that the Mayor in Cabinet:

1.    Agrees to adopt new levels for fixed penalty notices (FPNs) for offences related to littering, graffiti/fly-posting, fly-tipping, and breach of the household waste duty of care and to set discount levels and periods as detailed in the table below.