Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Enforcement Team Leader.

The report outlined an overview of City Council’s Streets and Open Spaces, Environmental Health and Shared Waste service activity relating to the geographical area served by the East Area Committee over the past six months.

The Enforcement Team Leader made the following comments in response to the Committee’s questions:

     i.        There were at present forty four estate agents in Cambridge; thirty eight of which had been issued community protection warnings or notices (supersedes a warning) concerning the illegal placement of estate agent boards.

    ii.        If three notices had been issued to one estate agent then prosecution proceedings could be begin with the maximum penalty of £20,000.

  iii.        Each year a letter was written to all estate agents reminding them to comply with the regulations concerning advertising boards.

  iv.        A business case would have to be put forward to use one of four demountable CCTV units at Abbey Road recycling centre to investigate who was leaving piles of rubbish around the centre; a vehicle registration plate would have to be clearly seen.

   v.        In the past there had been a number of fixed penalty notices which had been issued to members of the public.

Councillor Moore stated that as Executive Councillor for Climate Change, Environment and City Centre she had instructed Officers to carry out a review of the recycling centres across the city as these were a hot spot for fly tipping.

Councillor Moore next advised she would speak to officers to clarify which bin shredded paper could be placed into. Corn starch bags / envelopes should be placed in the black bin or home compost and would speak to officers regarding advertising what materials went into the different coloured bins (ACTION).

The Chair reiterated the Committee’s thanks to the Enforcement Team Leader for such a comprehensive report.