Issue - meetings

To provide clarification to a decision taken by the Executive last year in relation to the costs of providing waste bins in new developments, making clear that this was for the provision of the bin only, not the ongoing service, and that developers were the first choice for payment.

Decision

(1)       That the Council maintains its first approach to charge developers, making a developer responsible for bin provision costs in alignment with previously agreed fees and charges.

(2)       That, where a developer refuses to pay, this cost be passed to residents directly, explaining the reason for the charge.

None.

In October 2017 the Executive agreed to charge developers for bin provision and agreed a set of charges as set out at paragraph 5.1 of the report.

The Council would continue to ask developers to cover these costs but in those cases where developers refused to pay the new residents would be approached directly to pay, explaining that they were being asked due to the refusal of the developer to pay. It was noted that the legislation permitting charging of residents was clear and beyond challenge.

A comparison of the state of charging by some other authorities was attached to the report at Appendix A. Whilst not all Councils charged, it was understood that many other authorities did and of those that did not many were in the process of considering this option due to financial pressures. It was expected that this would be standard practice in due course.