Suffolk Coastal has a duty to enforce a wide range of laws
relating to public health and safety, quality of life, preservation
of public and residential amenity, maintenance of the environment
and protection of public funds.
These activities are carried out in accordance with the
Council's enforcement policy which incorporates the principles of
good enforcement practice outlined in the Enforcement Concordat
first published by the Government in March 1998.
The services falling within the scope of this policy
include:
- Licensing of taxis, premises, boats and beaches.
- Revenue recovery and the investigation of Housing Benefit,
Council Tax and Business Rate fraud.
- Pollution control, environmental protection, health and safety,
public health, food safety, imported food control and other port
health functions, house conditions, animal welfare and unauthorised
encampments.
- Building control.
In August 2008 the Council adopted a Planning Enforcement Policy
which applies to breaches of planning control.
Policy documents
Reference documents
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Changes to local regulatory services
Following a wide and lengthy consultation process the Government
issued the
The Regulators' Compliance Code (new window)
which came into force on 6 April 2008.
The purpose of the code is to introduce a risk-based,
proportionate, targeted and flexible approach to regulatory
inspection and enforcement, without imposing unnecessary burdens on
those they regulate.
Suffolk Coastal is reviewing its enforcement policy in
light of the code.