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Report of the Cabinet Member Development and Safety

RESOLVED THAT

1.    Section 99 Schedule 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005) be adopted with an implementation date of 1st May 2019 and that notice of this resolution be published as required.

2.    the abandoned trolley policy and associated protocol, as contained in Appendix 3 be agreed and that this policy, with the associated charging regime, be reviewed and updated from time to time by the Enforcement Manager in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and Safety.

The Cabinet Member Development and Safety introduced the report and explained that in October 2017 a report was brought to Cabinet detailing the Council’s proposed approach to dealing with abandoned shopping trolleys.  This report contained a full description of the legal powers available to the Council in respect of abandoned trolleys and the associated procedures and consultation required to enable the council to use them. The current report detailed the outcome of the consultation and proposed charging regime. It recommended the adoption of Schedule 4 on the specified date, but it was also the intention to request that retailers signed up to a voluntary protocol in the period before implementation as detailed in appendix 3. Following on from the consultation there was a requirement to make a resolution stating the date on which the Schedule 4 controls would come into force, being not less than three months from the date on which the resolution is passed.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    Section 99 Schedule 4 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (as amended by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005) be adopted with an implementation date of 1st May 2019 and that notice of this resolution be published as required.

2.    the abandoned trolley policy and associated protocol, as contained in Appendix 3 be agreed and that this policy, with the associated charging regime, be reviewed and updated from time to time by the Enforcement Manager in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Development and Safety.