Decision details

This report will present proposals to reduce graffiti in the Borough through a range of initiatives, raising the expectations on commercial businesses to report and remove graffiti, the joint commissioning of specific projects to find innovative solutions to long standing problem areas with our partners and the introduction of a new charging structure for graffiti removal services to small and medium sized business enterprises

The Executive will be asked to consider the proposals and agree the new charging structure and an Anti-Graffiti Charter

Received a report on proposals to further improve the Council’s graffiti removal service through the introduction of an Anti-Graffiti Charter and a new approach to recovering graffiti removal costs.

Agreed, in order to meet crime and disorder targets, national performance standards and assist the Council in achieving its Community Priority of “Making Barking and Dagenham Cleaner, Greener and Safer”, to:

(i)  The introduction of amended charges for the removal of graffiti for Small and Medium sized Enterprises as detailed in Appendix A of the report; and

(ii)  Adopt the proposed Anti-Graffiti Charter as detailed in Appendix B.