Closed Consultation: Draft Corporate Enforcement Policy

Consultation closed 5 June 2023.

Norwich City Council would like to hear from you about proposed changes to our enforcement process.

The council can exercise discretion in many enforcement matters, such as when deciding whether to prosecute an offender or choosing between formal and informal approaches.

The proposed Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) provides an overarching framework covering all aspects of the council’s regulatory functions.

The CEP aims to:

• provide the duty holder with a clearer understanding of how the council arrives at its enforcement decisions (in those cases where it has discretion in how to enforce)
• demonstrate how our enforcement approach is consistent across all the council’s service areas
• show how the council’s statutory enforcement functions are delivered in the context of the broad range of its regulatory activities
• provide a framework to which those service areas must adhere to when writing their procedures and making their own enforcement decisions

The proposed CEP meets the Enforcement Concordat, to which the council is a signatory, and emphasises how the council delivers its enforcement functions with regard to the principles of good law enforcement - central to the Regulators’ Compliance Code.

How to comment

If you would like to make any comments about the new policy, email VickiHopps@norwich.gov.uk by Monday, 5 June 2023.