Agenda, decisions and minutes

1.1  Apologies for absence were received from Cllrs Joseph, Race and Levy.

2.1  There were no declarations of interest.

·  Extraordinary Meeting 25 May 2022

·  8 March 2022

RESOLVED that the minutes of the previous meetings held on 25 May 2022 subject to the inclusion of Cllr Binnie- Lubbock in the attendance list and 8 March 2022 were agreed as a correct record of the meetings proceedings.

4.1  Steven Davison, Enforcement (South) Team Leader gave a demonstration of the Noise Works reporting system.

4.2  In response to questions from members, the Enforcement (South) Team Leader responded as follows:

There were 12 Community Enforcement Officers in the office dealing with noise and that other agencies/partners such as the police, safeguarding and the mental health teams were involved in statutory noise  nuisance cases.   

The system was user friendly and the information was accessible and translated in many languages.

The police mainly referred contractors for noise nuisance but more work needed to be undertaken to improve people reporting this type of nuisance to the Council.

It was noted that a video demonstration should be on the Council’s website and that more languages such as Somali should be added to the system to improve accessibility.

The Police were responsible for enforcing fireworks

The service dealt with 3,000-4,000 residential noise complaints annually and domestic noise was the most reported, which resulted from the young and elderly living in blocks with incompatible lifestyles.

RESOLVED:

The presentation was noted.

RESOLVED:

To note the annual performance report for the service.

5.1  Gerry McCarthy, the Head of Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation introduced the report setting out the annual performance report across the enforcement remit for the 2021/22 financial year.

5.2  In response to questions from members, the Head of Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation and  responded as follows:

The service worked closely with Adult Social Services to support residents living in blocks suffering from mental health issues due to the Covid-19 lockdown.

There was a team available 24 hours a day to remove graffiti in the Dalston area however, it was a challenge to tackle graffiti as it occurred during the early morning and also Enforcement Officers also had limited powers.

The Partnership Tasking meetings were being held to tackle, control and

reduce crime and ASB related problems.

RESOLVED:

To note the annual performance report for the service.

RESOLVED:

To consider both the level and scope of work being carried out to meet the requirements of both the Enforcement and Environmental Protection Service Plans.

6.1  Gerry McCarthy, the Head of Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation introduced the Enforcement Service Delivery Plan setting out the objectives of the Service and demonstrating how they were linked to the Mayor’s Priorities and Hackney’s Sustainable Community Strategy

6.2  In response to questions from members, the Head of Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation and responded as follows:

With regard to the EIA, it enabled additional support to be provided residents with a disability.

RESOLVED:

To consider both the level and scope of work being carried out to meet the requirements of both the Enforcement and Environmental Protection Service Plans.

RESOLVED:

1.  To review and agree the contents of the Food Law Enforcement Service Plan for 2022/23. There are no further recommendations set out in this report,

2   To consider the level and scope of work being carried out to meet the requirements of the plan.

3  To note the level and scope of work being carried out to meet the requirements of the Health and Safety and Trading Standards Service Delivery Plans.

7.1 Gerry McCarthy, the Head of Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation introduced the report relating to the service delivery plans for 2022/23 for the Business Regulation Teams and the three following areas:

? Environmental Health Service: Food Safety

? Environmental Health Service: Occupational Health & Safety

? Trading Standards

7.2 In response to questions from members, the Head of Community Safety, Enforcement & Business Regulation and  responded as follows:

The Business Team worked with small businesses and information was available on the Council’s website to support small businesses.

Any business selling food past the expiry date could be reported to the Business Support Team for investigation and an Environmental Enforcement would determine how to deploy the staff.

RESOLVED:

1. To review and agree the contents of the Food Law Enforcement Service Plan for 2022/23. There are no further recommendations set out in this report,

2. To consider the level and scope of work being carried out to meet the requirements of the plan.

3. To note the level and scope of work being carried out to meet the requirements of the Health and Safety and Trading Standards Service Delivery Plans.

8.1  Members noted the Committee’s work programme.

RESOLVED:

The draft work programme 2022/23 was noted.

9.1  There was no other urgent business.