Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager.

The report outlined an overview of the council’s Streets and Open Spaces, Environmental Health and Shared Waste service activity in the Area Committee area over the past six months.

A member of the public asked for an update when a bin would be replaced where the Chisholm Trail met the towpath. This issue had been raised in September 2022 and no update provided.

Action: For Senior Operations Manager to provide an update on the replacement of the bin to Cllr Bird and member of the public where the Chisholm Trail meets the towpath.

In response to Members’ questions the Community Engagement and Enforcement Manager said the following:

      i.         Community Clear Up days would begin in April, one was scheduled for Kings Hedges on 8 April 2023.

    ii.         Noted that while a mobile CCTV camera was located in Cockerill Road fly tipping had stopped.

   iii.         Enforcement action for fly tipping would be carried out in accordance with the Council’s Enforcement Policy. Action included the provision of information / training and more formal action. Each case was considered on its own merits and enforcement action taken would be based on each individual set of circumstances. 

  iv.         Acknowledged that the north of Cambridge was experiencing a significant increase in fly tipping compared to the rest of the city and noted that a greater team of officers were covering two wards in the north. 

    v.         Would arrange for officers to carry out a sweep for needles in the Bramblefields area.

  vi.         Would ask the Shared Waste Service to provide information why food waste had not been collected in East Chesterton.

 vii.         Advised that the Operations Team dealt with oil / paint spillages in roads and any spillages on roads should be reported to them.

Action: Would ask the Shared Waste Service to provide a response why food waste had not been collected in East Chesterton.