Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services.

Decision

That the extension of the West Dorset and Weymouth & Portland  Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) related Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO’s) to 22 April 2022 and 19 August 2022 respectively, be approved.

Reason for the decision

(i)         To comply with legislative requirements

(ii)        To ensure openness and transparency in the Council’s decision making and to ensure that those persons affected by ASB continue to be afforded the protection provided by the Orders.

The Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services presented a report advising that the both the previous councils of West Dorset District Council (WDDC) and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council (WPBC) had Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO’s) in place to ensure anti-social behaviour could be controlled and managed.

Dorset Council was now considering putting into place a county-wide approach to PSPO’s and in the meantime the Portfolio Holder requested for a 12 month extension to the WDDC and WPBC existing orders. She further  confirmed that any new order needed to be widely consulted upon before being put into place.

Decision

That the extension of the West Dorset and Weymouth & Portland  Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) related Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO’s) to 22 April 2022 and 19 August 2022 respectively, be approved.

Reason for the decision

(i)         To comply with legislative requirements

(ii)        To ensure openness and transparency in the Council’s decision making and to ensure that those persons affected by ASB continue to be afforded the protection provided by the Orders.