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Environmental Enforcement in 天涯社区
Published: 12/07/2018
When it next meets on Tuesday, 17 July, 天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet
will be asked to support the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee鈥檚
recommendation that the current trial arrangement with Kingdom for the
provision of low level environment enforcement should end on 31 December 2018.
Cabinet members will also be asked to agree that they will review a sustainable
delivery model for the service prior to the end of the current arrangement in a
further report which will be received in September.
Littering is a problem that faces every town and community in the country and
the cost of street and open space litter collections in 天涯社区 prior to
January 2016 was in excess of 拢300k per year. In addition to the cost and the
visual impact littering has on the environment, there is growing evidence to
suggest that it has a much far reaching impact on the local economy and
increases other forms of anti-social behaviour.
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Streetscene and Countryside,
Councillor Carolyn Thomas, said:
鈥淒espite the fact that the vast majority of fixed penalty notices have been
paid and uncontested, there has been a number of high profile cases recently
where the circumstances behind the issuing of tickets has been contentious.
These small number of cases are undermining the reputation of both the company
and the Authority and the arrangement is being seen as 鈥榟eavy handed鈥� by many
people. A number of Town Councils have also requested that Kingdom are not
employed on enforcement activities in their own areas.鈥�
It is recommended that the current arrangement with Kingdom is not extended and
that Council officers once again review the options available for future
sustainable service delivery models. This will include a formal contract and a
regional or sub-regional delivery model with the potential for a 鈥楾eckal鈥� type
organisation which would provide the service on behalf of the Council or the
wider region. During the interim notice period the zero tolerance approach to
enforcement will also be reviewed.