Decision details

To decide how the new Local Authority powers available under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 will be implemented in Cheltenham Borough

RESOLVED THAT

1.     the new powers available to the authority under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 be noted;

2.     the provisions of the community trigger/ASB case review be noted;

3.     authority be delegated to the Director of Environmental and Regulatory Services to, following appropriate consultation (to include the relevant Cabinet Member and ward councillors), adopt and publish Public Spaces Protection Orders where the area covered by the proposed Order is within the borough and subject to the statutory requirements for the making of an Order being satisfied;

4.     the Director of Environmental and Regulatory Services be authorised, under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, to designate officers as authorised persons under the Act;

5.     the use of fixed penalty notices be introduced for breaches of the Act, with the amount set at £80, reduced to £50 for early payment; and

6.     the Director of Environmental and Regulatory Services be authorised to take such actions and steps as are necessary for effective implementation of the preceding recommendations.