Minute 427 (Cabinet Book 1, Agenda Item No.8 refers)

Called in by Councillors C Nevin, L Burton, J Garston, D Nelson, R Woodley and M Terry

The Committee considered Minute 427 of the meeting of Cabinet held on 6^th November 2018, which had called in to Scrutiny, together with a report of the Strategic Director (Legal & Democratic Services) requesting that consideration be given to whether the Council should commence statutory consultation on the making of a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

In response to questions, the Cabinet Member for Public Protection:-

·           explained that there was no pre-determined view on the matter;

·           gave an assurance that the Equalities Analysis document would be made available within 7-10 working days;

·           said that all councillors will receive a link to the consultation; and

·           agreed that the stakeholders listed on page 9 (e), will be amended to read – all Councillors and MP’s.

Resolved:-

That the following decisions of Cabinet be noted:-

“1. That consultation be undertaken into the possibility of the Council making a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in respect of the area and activities detailed in Appendix 2 to the submitted report.

2. That the proposed consultation process be as set out in section 3.5(e) of the report.

3. That the consultation process to also cover the revocation of the existing Designated Public Place Order /PSPO as outlined in section 3.5(g) of the report.”

Note: This is an Executive Function

Cabinet Member: Cllr Flewitt

Report of Strategic Director (Legal and Democratic Services) attached

The Cabinet considered a report of the Strategic Director (Legal & Democratic Services) requesting that consideration be given to whether the Council should commence statutory consultation on the making of a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

In introducing the item, the Leader of the Council explained that the Cabinet had no pre-determined view on the matter and that the recommendation was for consultation to be undertaken before consideration of the possibility of making a PSPO.

It was noted that any PSPO introduced must be focused on anti-social behaviour and that statutory guidance had been taken into account in preparing the report.

Resolved:

1. That consultation be undertaken into the possibility of the Council making a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in respect of the area and activities detailed in Appendix 2 to the submitted report.

2. That the proposed consultation process be as set out in section 3.5(e) of the report.

3. That the consultation process to also cover the revocation of the existing Designated Public Place Order /PSPO as outlined in section 3.5(g) of the report.

Reasons for decision:

A PSPO covering the Town Centre and Seafront areas could be a useful additional tool to tackle persistent and unreasonable anti-social behaviour (ASB) which is taking place and would help ensure that the law-abiding majority can use and enjoy these public spaces, safe from ASB.

Other options:

The Council could choose not to look at introducing a PSPO, but this would lose the opportunity to introduce a new measure to tackle ASB which is causing nuisance/harm to many people and having a damaging effect on the Town Centre and Seafront areas.

Note: This is an Executive Function

Eligible for call-in to: Policy & Resources Scrutiny Committee

Cabinet Member: Cllr Flewitt

The Cabinet considered a report of the Strategic Director (Legal & Democratic Services) requesting that consideration be given to whether the Council should commence statutory consultation on the making of a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

In introducing the item, the Leader of the Council explained that the Cabinet had no pre-determined view on the matter and that the recommendation was for consultation to be undertaken before consideration of the possibility of making a PSPO.

It was noted that any PSPO introduced must be focused on anti-social behaviour and that statutory guidance had been taken into account in preparing the report.

Resolved:

1. That consultation be undertaken into the possibility of the Council making a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in respect of the area and activities detailed in Appendix 2 to the submitted report.

2. That the proposed consultation process be as set out in section 3.5(e) of the report.

3. That the consultation process to also cover the revocation of the existing Designated Public Place Order /PSPO as outlined in section 3.5(g) of the report.

Reasons for decision:

A PSPO covering the Town Centre and Seafront areas could be a useful additional tool to tackle persistent and unreasonable anti-social behaviour (ASB) which is taking place and would help ensure that the law-abiding majority can use and enjoy these public spaces, safe from ASB.

Other options:

The Council could choose not to look at introducing a PSPO, but this would lose the opportunity to introduce a new measure to tackle ASB which is causing nuisance/harm to many people and having a damaging effect on the Town Centre and Seafront areas.

Note: This is an Executive Function

Eligible for call-in to: Policy & Resources Scrutiny Committee

Cabinet Member: Cllr Flewitt