Agenda item

To consider a report on the adoption of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) relating to the misuse of public land.

The Law Enforcement Officer presented the report on the proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) relating to the misuse of public land, specifically tackling antisocial behaviour associated with the use of tents and barbeques, as well as antisocial behaviour exhibited by taxi and private hire drivers in communities close to Heathrow.

The Committee queried whether there was a specific reporting portal set up that residents could use and were advised that once the PSPO was approved one would be created.

The Committee asked for clarification around children using a tent for shade from the Sun. The Law Enforcement Officer advised that discretion would be used when deciding whether any action was required but children sheltering from the Sun would be listed as an exemption in the PSPO documentation.

The Committee resolved to:

1. Make a Public Space Protection (PSPO) relating to misuse of public land in accordance with section 59 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2015.
2. Adopt the Fixed Penalty Notices for breaches of the misuse of public land PSPO which currently stand at £100.

3.    Delegate authority to the Group Head Neighbourhood Service to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for breached of the PSPO misuse of public land.