Decision

Councillor Sally Haydon (Cabinet Member for
Community Safety, Libraries, Events, Cemeteries & Crematoria) introduced the Proposed
Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for the management of
anti-social behaviour in designated Plymouth City Council Car parks
report.
           
Matt Garrett (Service Director for Community
Connections) and Tracey Naismith (Head of Community Safety) will
also be in attendance.
 
The report requested the implementation of a
new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for a period of 3 years
in nine council-owned car parks across Plymouth. These locations
had experienced a sustained increase in anti-social behaviour
(ASB), resulting in heightened safety concerns, a rise in
complaints to both the Council and Devon and Cornwall Police, and
reports from members of the public and local business owners
indicating that they no longer feel safe using these
facilities.
 
Decision
 
Cabinet agreed this proposal and supported the
making and implementation of the PSPO with the suggested
prohibitions.
 
Reasons for
decision
 
PSPO’s are designed to empower local
authorities to deal with anti-social behaviour that adversely affects other people using public
spaces. In this case the introduction of a PSPO is a reasonable,
legal and proportionate response to ongoing anti-social behaviour.
It would increase feelings of public safety and support our police
colleagues in tackling behaviours that are persistent and
detrimental to residents. The proposed prohibitions are measured
and considered and suitably justify the restrictions imposed by the
notice.
 
Alternative options
considered and rejected
 
Cabinet considered the alternative options as
set out in the report