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Notice of Motion Fireworks

Meeting: 10/02/2020 - Executive (Item 14)

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To consider how the Council can support the campaign by the RSPCA regarding fireworks and firework displays in response to the Notice of Motion at Council on 19 November, 2019.

Decision:

RESOLVED that the following be approved:-

 

(1)             The Portfolio Holder for Waste Management & Environmental Health writes to Government seeking new legislation on the sale and use of fireworks so that those available to the public for private displays are limited to 90dB;

 

(2)             Officers amend the Booking Forms to highlight the RSPCA campaign  and good practice for firework displays, which will then be shared with Town and Parish Councils; and

 

(3)             The Council joins with the national campaign in October 2020 to highlight the impacts of fireworks to animals.

 

Minutes:

Non-Executive Members supported the Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) campaign regarding fireworks and firework displays.

 

The Portfolio Holder for Waste Management & Environmental Health presented the report which set out how the Council could support the campaign by the RSPCA regarding fireworks and fireworks displays. It was important to protect vulnerable people and animals in a measured and safe way.

 

In response to a Member, the Environmental Protection Manager clarified that the 90dB was the output of the noise level.

 

RESOLVED that the following be approved:-

 

(1)             The Portfolio Holder for Waste Management & Environmental Health writes to Government seeking new legislation on the sale and use of fireworks so that those available to the public for private displays are limited to 90dB;

 

(2)             Officers amend the Booking Forms to highlight the RSPCA campaign  and good practice for firework displays, which will then be shared with Town and Parish Councils; and

 

(3)             The Council joins with the national campaign in October 2020 to highlight the impacts of fireworks to animals.