Issue - meetings

The Council is required to review the Public Spaces Protection Orders which apply in the district every three years.  This report considers whether the existing orders be extended, that an existing order be amended and that an additional order be implemented.

Purpose of report

To review the Public Spaces Protection Orders which applied in the District every three years.

Decision

That Cabinet:

1.    Notes the results of the public consultation on the continuation of the existing Public Spaces Protection Orders.

2.    Notes the results of the public consultation on the proposed amendment to the existing Public Spaces Protection Orders (Dog Exclusion) to include additional areas at the Recreation Ground, Stamford.

3.    Notes the results of the public consultation on the request for a new Public Spaces Protection Orders for vehicle related nuisance and anti-social behaviour covering the following areas within Stamford: the Station Road car park (also known as Cattle Market), The Meadows and Bath Row car park.

4.    Approves the Public Spaces Protection Orders, for the District of South Kesteven, relating to dog fouling for a 3-year period from 20 October 2023.

5.    Approves the Public Spaces Protection Orders, for the District of South Kesteven, relating to the requirement for dogs to be placed on leads by order of an Officer, for a 3-year period from 20 October 2023.

6.    Approves the Public Spaces Protection Orders, as specified in the Order, relating to alcohol control for a 3-year period from 20 October 2023

7.    Approves the Public Spaces Protection Orders excluding dogs from enclosed children’s play areas within the District of South Kesteven, which includes the additional areas proposed at the Recreation Ground Stamford, for a 3-year period from 20 October 2023.

8.    Approves the Public Spaces Protection Orders requiring dogs to be kept on leads of no more than 1 metre in length in The Spinney, Market Deeping Cemetery for a period of 3 years from 20 October 2023.

9.    Approves the implementation of a new Public Spaces Protection Orders for vehicle related nuisance and anti-social behaviour covering the following areas within Stamford: the Station Road car park (also known as Cattle Market), The Meadows and Bath Row car park, for a period of 3 years from 20 October 2023.

Alternative options considered and rejected

That the existing orders be allowed to expire. This would remove the ability to enforce against the matters covered by the Orders.

That the proposed amendments to orders not be put in place; this would prevent the ability to enforce against the matters covered by the proposed amended Orders.

The new Order was not put in place; this would prevent the ability to enforce against the matters covered by the proposed Order.

Cabinet may determine that the legal test had not been met in some or all of the Orders. In this case the Order(s) should not be extended/ approved.

If as a result of the consultation, changes to the draft orders were proposed, further consultation would be necessary.

Reasons for decision

To ensure an effective mechanism was available to deal with issues detailed in the Orders. PSPO related issues that were brought forward in the future would be discussed during the course of any review.

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