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The Cabinet considered
a report of the Executive Director (Environment & Place) that
presented the Statutory Nuisance Investigation and Progression
Policy, following its review by the Public Protection Working
Party.
 
Resolved:-
 
1. That Procedure for
Statutory Nuisance Investigation and Progression ‘Nuisance
Policy’ attached as Appendix 1 to the submitted report, be
adopted.
 
2. That the Executive
Director (Environment and Place), together with the Cabinet Member
for Regulatory Services, be authorised to approve any minor changes
required to the Policy arising from changes in legislation and
identified priorities for the Council.
 
Reasons for
Decision
 
The policy provides a
framework which is transparent and is compliant with the Regulators
Code. It empowers communities and residents to proactively support
and engage in the process through defining their role.
 
Other
Options
 
The local authority
could choose to investigate all complaints raised by Registered
Social Landlord (RSL) tenants in the first instance. This would be
a less efficient use of resources as the RSL’s have a greater
control over their tenants and this would divert resource to an
area which is already supported and reduce the resource available
across other unsupported groups.
 
Not to adopt a policy
on how it manages nuisance. This may lead to more complaints
against the service, where there is no understanding of the
Council’s duty and procedures with respect to nuisance
investigation.
 
Note: This is an
Executive function.
Not eligible for
call-in as the matter has been the subject of pre-Cabinet scrutiny
by the Place Scrutiny Committee.
Cabinet Member: Cllr
Lamb