The aim of the services are to meet community expectations regarding the protection and provision of a safe, healthy, fair and equitable environment and to sustain and enhance the health and safety of all who live, work, trade in or visit the area.
This enforcement policy applies to Swindon Borough Council’s Environment and Health and Planning Services. It also applies to any enforcement activity undertaken by Swindon Commercial Services on behalf of the waste management client.
Service Functions
Service functions covered by this policy are extensive. They include:
- Food safety
- Trading Standards
- Health and safety at work
- Development Control
- Environmental protection (including statutory nuisance) licensing
- Standards of residential accommodation and building control
- Homelessness
- Waste management
- Town Centre Management
Each service area may also have additional, specific requirements which supplement this policy but take into account specific requirements for that service, which may include the statutory need for a service specific enforcement policy.
Swindon Borough Council has endorsed the principles of the Enforcement Concordat published in April 1999 by the Government’s Better Regulation Task Force as principles of good regulation. The Council adopted a revised version of the Concordat with the agreement of the Cabinet Office in 2001. This Enforcement Policy is consistent with the revised form of the Concordat as adopted by the Council.
Enforcement Policy
Our Enforcement Policy is available as downloadable PDF files:
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Online Enforcement Policy Comments Form
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