See Also
Renewal
Area Customer Service Standards
Renewal Area Grants
Renewal Area Declaration
Renewal Area News
Housing Conditions in Rented
Properties
Empty Properties Initiative
Contact Us
Renewal Area
Thanet District Council
P O Box 9
Cecil Street
Margate
Kent
CT9 1XZ
Carla Wenham-Jones
Housing Renewal Manager
01843 577792
Dave Farmer
Renewal Area Officer 01843 577407
Lesley Dalton
Project Support Officer
01843 577748
Email:
housingrenewalarea
@thanet.gov.uk
Enforcement Action
The Local Authority is committed to improving
the area, where voluntary negotiations have failed the Local
Authority will use its full range of enforcement powers to rectify
the situation, whether its a fixed penalty notice or a notice
served under its statutory legislation powers.
More information on Planning
Enforcement and The Environmental
Health Enforcement Policy
Zero tolerance in the Renewal Area
A new zero tolerance approach to environmental
problems in Cliftonville West is paying dividends.
In January 2007, five property owners were
issued with Fixed Penalty Notices, requiring them to clear their
drains within 48 hours. All five landlords, none of whom live
locally, responded to the Notices and cleared the drains in less
than 24 hours.
Had the owners failed to carry out the work in
the required time, the Council would have cleared the drains and
then sent a bill for the work and officers’ time to the landlords
of the properties involved. Failure to pay any bill could result in
a charge being put by the Council on the property.
This was the first time that the
Council’s Renewal Area team had issued Fixed Penalty Notices as a
first step, without a warning letter being sent out first and it’s
an approach now being used for problems such as dumped rubbish.
More information on Waste & Recycling.