Decision details
Public Space Protection Order for Shrewsbury Town Centre
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
The Portfolio Holder for Planning and Regulatory Services presented a report from the Director of Public Health detailing the results of the consultation and amendments to the proposed draft Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for Shrewsbury Town Centre.
Decision:
RESOLVED:
i) That, with any necessary amendments, the Local Authority implements the Public Spaces Protection Order as detailed in Appendix A with an effective commencement date of 1st August 2017.
ii) That the Authority use Fixed Penalty Notices, in appropriate circumstances, where there is reason to believe that an offence under the Public Space Protection Order has been committed by any person.
iii) That the level of the Fixed Penalty Notice for a breach of the Public Space Protection Order be set at £75.00 and that if paid within 10 days of the date of the Fixed Penalty Notice a reduced fee of £50.00 will be accepted.
iv) That the Trading Standards and Licensing Operations Manager be instructed to publish the Public Spaces Protection Order as detailed in Appendix A and cause to be erected notices in accordance with Regulations made under the Anti-social Behaviour and Policing Act 2014.
v) That, for the purpose of discharging the Public Spaces Protection Order as detailed in Appendix A, the Trading Standards and Licensing Operations Manager publish and cause to be erected notices in accordance with Regulations made under the Anti-social Behaviour and Policing Act 2014.
Publication date: 22/06/2017
Date of decision: 21/06/2017
Decided at meeting: 21/06/2017 - Cabinet
Effective from: 30/06/2017
Accompanying Documents:
- 10 Public Space Protection Order for Shrewsbury Town Centre PDF 122 KB
- 10 Appendix A - Proposed Public Spaces Protection Order. PDF 1 MB
- 10 Appendix B – ESIIA for proposed PSPO PDF 1 MB
- 10 Appendix C - PSPO Baseline Report Oct 16 - Mar 17 PDF 362 KB
- 10 Appendix D – Online consultation results for the urinating defecating prohibition and effects PDF 1 MB
- 10 Appendix E – Online consultation results for the leaving of personal effects prohibition and effects PDF 1 MB
- 10 Appendix F – Online consultation results for alcohol and stopping drinking prohibition and effects PDF 1 MB
- 10 Appendix G – Online consultation results for dispersal from the public area and effects PDF 1 MB
- 10 Appendix H - Single hard copy response to consultation PDF 364 KB
- 10 Appendix I – Additional comments received from all survey respondents including officer response and observation PDF 2 MB
- 10 Appendix J - Emails received in response to Consultation (redacted) PDF 128 KB
- 10 Appendix K - Letter from Liberty to Shropshire Council re Shrewsbury PSPO (redacted) PDF 322 KB
- 10 Appendix L – Officer comments in response to points raised by Liberty - revised format PDF 575 KB
- 10 Appendix M - Response from the PCC to the consultation PDF 219 KB
- 10 Appendix N – Online respondent’s relationship to Shrewsbury Town Centre PDF 346 KB