Purpose

The current PSPO was approved by
Cabinet on 30 November 2022 and came into effect on 22 December
2022 and will expire in December 2025. It prohibits specific
activities in the area to which the PSPO applies including the
holding of unlicensed music events and/or raves, the destruction or
damage of trees, shrubs, plants or any other flora,fauna, woodland or wildlife, the possession,
consumption or sale of nitrous oxide, laughing gas or CO2, save
when used for a valid and demonstrable medicinal purposes or is
given to an animal as a medical remedy and the playing of loud
music, whether or not amplified.
Wards affected: Kings Park, Hackney
Wick, Lea Bridge

Approval is requested for Cabinet to agree to renew the existing
Order.

Content

RESOLVED:
 
3.1  To approve the
renewal of the existing Public Space Protection Order in
 
relation to Wick Woodland and the surrounding areas, for a further
three
 
years. This would continue to place controls on anti-social
behaviour
 
caused by groups of people gathering, bringing generators,
lighting,
 
sound systems and decorations in Wick Woodland, Hackney
Marshes
 
and surrounding areas, often consuming alcohol and other
substances
 
and ‘partying’ till the early hours. These acts cause
nuisance and
 
damage to the proposed prescribed areas.  The Order would be made
 
under Section 59 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing
Act
 
2014 and a copy of the proposed Order is attached to this report
as
 
Appendix 1.