Policy

Public Protection Enforcement policy

This Enforcement Policy sets out how the Council’s Public Protection and Health Improvement (PPHI) service deals with non-compliance with the legislation we have a duty to enforce.

Published date: 07 November 2023
Last updated: 12 June 2025

Details

This document seeks to communicate and explain the service’s policy to businesses, consumers, our officers and others affected by our enforcement activities, in respect to dealing with breaches of any legislation enforced by the PPHI Service.

The Service is responsible for enforcing laws relating to Food, Health and Safety, Licensing, Environmental Protection and Monitoring, Cleansing and Trading Standards which relate to aspects of health, wellbeing, public safety, consumer protection and enhancement of the local environment.

This Enforcement Policy will continue to be developed to take account of feedback from businesses and others.

Please also take note of our Privacy Notice, which covers all transactions with the Health and Safety, Food Safety and Trading Standards Teams.

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