Issue details

Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO’s) are intended to provide means of preventing individuals or groups committing anti-social behaviour in a public space where the behaviour is having, or likely to have, a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality; be persistent or continuing in nature and be unreasonable. An order, if granted, gives additional powers to the Council and Police to issue notices to individuals breaching the PSPO by carrying out specific identified types of nuisance. The initial view is that a district wide consultation will be undertaken for various environmental and dog offences including dog fouling, dogs on lead by direction, prohibition of dogs.

The dog offences are currently controlled by Dog Control Orders but in accordance with the transition provisions in the anti-social behaviour legislation, these must be replaced by a PSPO by 1 October 2017.

1. Recommendations

1.1 That Cabinet authorise the Head of Housing and Environment to carry out a consultation exercise relating to the potential behaviours to be included in a potential Public Spaces Protection Order.

1.2 That Cabinet approve the attached draft Public Spaces Protection Order and maps for the purposes of that consultation.