Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Deputy Chief Executive

1.    The report recommends that Executive Cabinet support the extension of the current PSPO’s and extends the Red Edged Map (original and proposed attached) on the Town Centre PSPO to include ASDA, Bolton St.

2.    Also recommends that delegated power to Director of Governance to amend as appropriate the wording of the orders.

Councillor Bev Murray (Early Intervention) presented the report of the Deputy Chief Executive which sets out the renewal process for the council’s current Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO’s) which have been in place for three years.

Following the introduction of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, the Public Spaces Protection Orders were introduced to replace the Dog Control Orders (DCO’s) and Designated Public Place Orders (DPPO’s), Chorley Council replaced these orders with the PSPO’s in November 2017.

Chorley Council currently has six PSPO’s and it is proposed to extend five of the Orders and vary and extend one Order. Members supported the proposals.

Decision:

1.    Executive Cabinet support the extension of the current PSPO’s and extends the Red Edged Map (original and proposed attached) on the Town Centre PSPO to include ASDA, Bolton St.

2.    Delegated power to Director of Governance to amend as appropriate the wording of the orders.

Reasons for recommendation(s):

To extend the current orders which gives Authorised Officers powers to use the PSPO’s in the specific circumstances of the Orders and address the problematic behaviour efficiently and effectively.

Alternative options considered and rejected:

1.    Not to extend the PSPO’s, however due to the problematic behaviour that the PSPO’s cover it is proportionate and appropriate to consider that problems would re-occur / occur if the PSPO’s were not in place and Council Officers would have difficulty to address these behaviours without the Orders in place.

2.    Not to vary the Town Centre Map to include ASDA, Bolton Street. Currently the Town Centre PSPO does not include ASDA, Bolton St. However, there has been ongoing problems with begging within the town centre and when individuals have been approached and removed from within the PSPO area, they have moved to the ASDA Store. We have worked with the Supermarket, however the onus has been on them to remove the individuals which they have had difficulty with. Therefore, if the PSPO covered the store there would be an additional enforcement option thatcould be used to address the problem.