Decision details

Amendments to the Highways Obstructions Policy proposed as part of Investing in Stockport New Model for Regulation (CS23)

Decision Maker: Executive

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The report is supplementary to the IIS proposal for a new model for regulation which was approved at the Executive on 16th December 2014. This proposed an operating model for the team that will deal with environmental enforcement from April 2015. In this report it was recognised that changes would be necessary to the Highways Obstructions Policy and this report sets out what those changes are.

There is only one change which is the addition of the following line:

Investigation of cases for enforcement activity will be limited to those that are a serious detriment and/or present a hazard as determined by professional officers.

Decision:

The Executive considered proposed changes to the Highway Obstruction Policy arising because of the previously agreed New Model for Regulation that formed part of the Investing in Stockport Programme, and agreed that the Policy be amended at point 6.1 as follows:-

 

·         include ‘Investigation of cases for enforcement activity will be limited to those that are a serious detriment and/or present a hazard as determined by professional officers’; and

·         remove references to a letter to be sent out where an obstruction does not present an immediate danger and reference to a copy of that letter.

 

Alternative options considered:

None

Reason Key: Affects 2 or more wards;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Equality and/or Environmental Impact Assessment: Yes

Decision Reference: ED1708

Declarations or conflicts of Interest: None

Forward Plan Reference: CS23

Other reasons / organisations consulted

Disability Stockport and Cllr M Candler

Contact: Ian O'Donnell, Services to Place Email: ian.odonnell@stockport.gov.uk Tel: 0161-474-4175.

Report author: Ian O'Donnell

Publication date: 11/02/2015

Date of decision: 10/02/2015

Decided at meeting: 10/02/2015 - Executive

Effective from: 18/02/2015

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