Information Classification: CONTROLLED Community Enforcement Partnership Programme Cornwall Council Kevin Brader Zoe Hall James Peck Neighbourhoods Directorate
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental challenges • ‘You are not doing enough’- from local councils • Residents survey results: 58% of residents felt environmental nuisance* was a very or fairly big problem in their local area’. *Environmental nuisance: fly tipping, dog fouling, littering
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental challenges • Large, rural county (1,376 sq miles) • 400 miles of remote coastline • 536,000 population • 213 Parish/Town Councils • 9 dog wardens reduced to 4 • 7 Community & Environmental Enforcement Officers • Ongoing budget cuts to front line enforcement staff
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Understanding our communities • Attended Community Network Panel meetings • Combined visits with town and parish councils to problem areas • Combined high visibility enforcement patrols with town and parish councils
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Our aim “To engage and empower local communities to better tackle environmental nuisance/crime and to create a more green and prosperous Cornwall”
Information Classification: CONTROLLED What our communities wanted Education Enforcement Reporting
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Education
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Targeted Signage
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Reporting (Community Involvement)
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Online reporting
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Online reporting
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Incident Report Cards New non-contact Enforcement • tool Co-designed with Launceston • and Bodmin Town Councils For both councillor & staff use! • To record key details relating to • a littering, dog fouling or fly tipping incident Can enable the service of a • postal fixed penalty notice .
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental Fixed Penalty Notices Littering: £150 • Dog Fouling: £100 • Fly tipping: £400 •
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Safe, Simple & Effective
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Safe, Simple & Effective
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Returning Incident Report Cards Completed Incident Report cards must be returned to Cornwall Council within 7 days of witnessing an incident
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Cornwall Council Support - Process Our Technical Support team will initially process your • Incident Report Card Allocated to our Enforcement Team • If registered vehicle ownership details are needed, our • Enforcement Team will request these from the DVLA (information requests can take up to 10 days) A postal fixed penalty notice will be served unless • further evidence or an investigation is needed
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Keeping you in the loop • Town and Parish Council clerks will be notified of fixed penalty notices served arising from Incident Report Cards (quarterly basis) • Further bespoke refresher training sessions can be provided upon request
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Incident Report cards The launch of the Incident Report Cards has been extremely well received by Launceston Town Council. It is an excellent scheme and shows really strong partnership working between the two organisations’ Chris Drake – Clerk for Launceston Town Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Incident Report Card - Testimonial “This scheme enables positive action to be taken against those very few individuals who persist in this disgusting behaviour (dog fouling) which is a health hazard to all .” Chris Bell – Clerk for St Day Parish Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED What has been done so far Non-contact enforcement tool initiative • Hosted 14 countywide training events • Engaged with 82 local councils • 35 local councils currently implementing the scheme.
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Enforcement (Increasing Capacity)
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Multi-skilled enforcement officers Trained & authorised 9 Civil • Parking Enforcement Officers Authorised to issue: • Penalty charge notices • (PCNs) for parking offences Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) • for littering, dog fouling and ‘dogs on beaches’
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Interest from communities to provide additional multi-skilled enforcement patrolling • 2019 - deployed 3 multi-skilled civil parking enforcement officers funded by Hayle, St Ives, St Miner Highlands/Lowlands town/parish Councils • Interest from 10 other town/parish councils for 2020 • Upgrading current parking-only SLAs
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Multi-skilled enforcement officer “To be in one area for the whole summer has meant I’ve been able to build good relationships with the locals and tourists , who quite often come back year after year.” Kim Tyler Woods- Multi-skilled officer operating in St Minver Highlands and Lowlands
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Multi-skilled enforcement officer The multi-skilled enforcement service was a highly effective example of joint working. For the first year since their introduction, the dog control orders were enforced. ” Louise Dwelly - Support Services Manager, St Ives Town Council
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Environmental achievements Fixed Penalty Notices Last year: 17 , This year: 84 (6 months) Dog fouling reports Last year: 753 , This year: 264 (6 months) Littering reports Last year: 68 , This year: 59 (improved reporting) Fly tipping reports (public land) Last year: 4,698 , This year: 1,904 (6 months)
Information Classification: CONTROLLED Many thanks
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