Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Service Manager Licensing and Community Safety.

The committee received and considered a report of the Service Manager, Licensing and Community Safety with regard to proposals for Anti-social Behaviour related Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) for parts of the Dorset Council area.  The report set out current PSPOs which were in place and which had been reviewed in consultation with statutory consultees.  The committee was invited to review the revised draft orders in advance of a period of public consultation.

Discussion was held on the proposals and the following points were noted:

·            Detail provided of the Community Safety Patrol Service operated in Weymouth and Portland

·            Further discussion would be required in respect of enforcement issues

·            A ‘gating’ proposal associated with Trinity Passage in Weymouth would form part of the public consultation

·            The proposals did not seek to ban camping in coastal areas but would provide the ability to enforce and move people on where anti-social behaviour occurred

·            Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue strongly supported the proposed order concerning fires on open land

·            Further discussion would take place with Forestry England and information would be provided when the committee considered the proposed orders in February 2022

·            The content of signage to be used in forest/open land areas was discussed.

It was proposed by S Jespersen seconded by R Tarr

‘Minded to’ Decision

That the Place and Resources Overview Committee:

1)         Have considered the proposals for Anti-social Behaviour related Public Spaces Protection Orders for parts of the Dorset Council area

2)         Support the draft Orders for publication for public consultation the results from which will help shape the final Orders.

The Executive Director of Place, having heard the debate, confirmed the ‘minded to’ decision, under delegated powers on behalf of the informal meeting of the Place and Resources Overview Committee.