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.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Deleted
Notice of proposed decision first published: 06/12/2016