Issue - meetings

Report No: CAB/FH/17/032

Portfolio Holders: David Bowman and Andy Drummond            

Lead Officers: Mark Christie and Damien Parker

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           The results of the consultations associated with the proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), be noted.

2.           The proposed new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), attached as Appendix A to Report No: CAB/FH/17/032, be approved, in relation to:

-      Dog Fouling

-      Banning of dogs from certain specific children’s play areas and certain specific fenced football pitch areas.

(Report No: CAB/FH/17/032)

Councillor David Bowman, Portfolio Holder for Operations, presented this report which set out the responses which had been received to the consultation exercise, which had taken place from 20 February to 17 March 2017, in relation to the proposed adoption of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs).

Key stakeholders (Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner, Parish Councils, The Kennel Club, RSPCA and Forest Heath District Council Elected Members) had been consulted individually.  Given the results of the public feedback (including from the key stakeholders), it was being recommended that the new Orders be adopted, as set out in Report No: CAB/FH/17/032.

In response to a query raised by Councillor Simon Cole at the meeting, Officers also confirmed that the Parish of Exning was included within these Orders.

With the vote being unanimous, it was

RESOLVED:

That:-

1.           The results of the consultations associated with the proposed Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), be noted.

2.           The proposed new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), attached as Appendix A to Report No: CAB/FH/17/032, be approved, in relation to:

-      Dog Fouling

-      Banning of dogs from certain specific children’s play areas and certain specific fenced football pitch areas.