Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member for Housing Services will report at the meeting.  Report attached.

The Cabinet Member for Housing Services presented to Cabinet the Civil Penalty Policy.  The policy as detailed in appendix 1 of the report describes in detail: the decision to issue a financial penalty, the level of fine it will impose and the process it will follow to issue the penalty, including the service of legal notices.

Delegated decision:

Cabinet agrees to:

Approve and implement the Civil Financial Penalty Policy.

Reasons for the decision:

Implementing the policy allows the Council a further opportunity to increase funding, and for the department to continue enforcement activities within the private rented sector.

Other option considered and rejected:

1 - Reject the civil penalty policy

2 - Implement the policy and change the banding level of fines.