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Ceredigion County Council has legal duties to carry out various checks and enforcement activities that help protect the environment, the public, and businesses.

Here are some of the things that the council has a duty to protect and enforce if necessary:

• Public health and wellbeing – ensuring that food and drink are safe to consume.
• Economy – we protect local businesses from being damaged by unfair and illegal competition.
• Housing - we ensure minimum housing standards, particularly in the private rented sector.
• Learning – we can act to ensure young people attend school.
• Planning - we ensure development is controlled within planning legislation and council plans.
• Community safety, anti-social behaviour and nuisance - we work extensively with other agencies, including the Police.
• Animal Welfare - we take action to maintain regulatory standards.
• Environment – ensuring that wildlife and biodiversity are protected.
• Access – we can take action to keep rights of way open.

To simplify matters, we have updated our draft Corporate Enforcement Policy. This brings most of our relevant enforcement activity into a single document. Some activity, for instance parking offences, must have stand-alone procedures.

We believe that our draft Corporate Enforcement Policy is influenced by good practice, current legislation, guidance and statutory codes of practice. We’d like to know what you think.

Further Information

Download the draft Corporate Enforcement Policy - Corporate Enforcement Policy 2025 Draft

Download a summary of the Policy - Plain English summary Corporate Enforcement Policy

How to take part

Complete our on-line survey - on-line survey

Download a paper copy of the survey - Paper survey Corporate Enforcement Policy

You can also collect a paper copy from your local Library or Leisure Centre or by calling 01545 570881 or emailing us at clic@ceredigion.gov.uk.

If you wish to receive the information in a different format, please contact us on 01545 570881 or email partnerships@ceredigion.gov.uk.

Please return paper copies to your local library or to Policy, Performance and Public Protection, Ceredigion County Council, Ceredigion County Hall Penmorfa, Aberaeron SA46 0PA.

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What happens next?

We will analyse the feedback that you give us and present the report, an updated integrated impact assessment and the final Corporate Enforcement Policy to Ceredigion Council Cabinet on 3 March 2026.

For more information about Ceredigion Council Cabinet meetings, please follow this link - Ceredigion County Council.

If you would like to be updated on the progress of this proposal, please contact us via the contact details above.