At last night's planning and environment committee we agreed to allow council officers to issue fixed penalty notices for those persistently flouting the smoking bans.
We did so after hearing from the officers that by and large the ban has enforced itself with very few reported transgressions and in most of these cases an informal warning was all that was needed. Granting the power to issue notices will allow the Tandridge to deal with the very small number who refuse to play ball without going through the courts..
