Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendation.

The Chief Executive provided information on the new legislative provision for powers for dealing with anti-social behaviour. 

There were two main provisions that the new legislation brought in that could be used by the local authority to tackle anti-social behaviour: Community Protection Notices (CPN) and Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO).

The CPN was intended to deal with particular ongoing problems or nuisances, for example graffiti or noise, which affected the community’s quality of life by targeting those responsible.  A CPN could be issued if the officer was satisfied on reasonable grounds that the conduct of the individual, business or organisation was having a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality; was persistent or continuing in nature; and was unreasonable.

PSPO were intended to deal with a particular nuisance or problem in a particular area that was detrimental to the local community’s quality of life, by imposing conditions on the use of that area that applied to everybody, such as street drinking, roaming dogs in the park and groups of people causing noise issues in open spaces.

RESOLVED:

That the introduction of the new legislative powers be noted, that the approach to implementation as outlined in the report be endorsed and that officers from Public Protection be authorised to enable enforcement of the relevant provisions.