AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               To increase fees and charges detailed at Appendix A, from 1 January 2024. This included a wide range of fees and charges but excluded parking.

ii)             To go out to public consultation on the proposed parking fees and charges set out at Appendix B, for 21 days, ahead of proposed implementation of revised fees and charges from February 2024.

iii)            Agreed that the Executive Director of Place Services in consultation with the Leader of the Council, Cabinet Member for Finance and Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, will approve revised parking fees and charges, following the end of the consultation period and analysis of the feedback; and implement these after the mandatory 28-day notice period.

iv)            That the headings of ‘Fixed Penalty Notice for fly tipping’ and ‘Fixed Penalty Notice for failing to produce documentation for the transfer of waste’ be removed from Appendix A, with the further remaining headings under ‘Environmental Protection’ to be reviewed, with an updated version to be published within the consultation.

v)             That the headings ‘Fixed Penalty Notice for Littering’, ‘Fixed Penalty Notice for Graffiti (New Fee)’ and ‘Civil Penalty of Littering for Vehicle (New Fee)’ under ‘Community safety / anti-social behaviour’ be removed from Appendix A and included elsewhere within the report.