Thanet council Cabinet members will discuss plans to introduce a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) on Athelstan and Ethelbert Roads in Cliftonville designed to crack down on littering and fly-tipping and antisocial behaviour.
The order is part of a wider Thanet Multi-agency Task Force project to help to reduce crime and ASB and improve the appearance of the two roads.
Residents and business owners, as well as landlords with properties in Athelstan and Ethelbert Roads and neighbouring streets, were invited to give their views on the proposed PSPO, in a public consultation that ended on Friday 9 December.
The council received 80 formal written responses to the public consultation. 92% of respondents indicated that they either agreed or strongly agreed with the proposals. A visual representation of the proposed rules was also distributed and a further 21 households submitted their views via this route.
The issues that survey respondents said were most important to them were fly-tipping or dumped rubbish, dog fouling and the general appearance of the area.
The proposed PSPO will mean:
- Residents must put their household rubbish in the correct bin.
- Residents must put out their bins on the correct collection day.
- Residents must not leave bins out on the street apart from on collection day. This means putting out bins between 6pm on the day before collection is due, and taking them back onto their property no later than 8pm on collection day.
- Residents must not dump or leave waste or litter on driveways, in gardens or other outdoor spaces.
- Residents must make sure that garden walls and fences are safe and in good condition.
- Residents must not make noise at any time that is likely to disturb their neighbours.
Members of the public will not be able to use the alleyway between Athelstan Road and Ethelbert Road as the council will install lockable gates at each end. Residents, guests, emergency services and certain other authorised people will still be able to use the alleyway.
If the order is agreed, the new rules will apply to anyone in Athelstan and Ethelbert Roads. Enforcement officers will have the authority to enforce the new rules through Fixed Penalty Notices. The order will not replace any other laws or regulations that are already in place.
Thanet council says there are approximately 2,077 streets in Thanet but:
- 7% of all flytipping within the district is contained within Athelstan and Ethelbert Roads, including the alleyway between the two roads.
- 32% of all Fixed Penalty Notices issued in Thanet are issued at this location.
- Over the last 12 months, 64% of complaints on Athelstan and Ethelbert Roads have been in relation to waste and fly-tipping.
If approved by Cabinet at a meeting on January 26, the PSPO will come into effect on Friday 27 January and the new rules will apply to anyone in Athelstan and Ethelbert Roads. Explanatory signs will be installed and enforcement officers will have the authority to enforce the new rules through Fixed Penalty Notices. The PSPO will be in place for three years.
It will become the fifth PSPO area agreed for Thanet.
PSPOs
A public spaces protection order is an order made by the Local Authority if it is satisfied on reasonable grounds that two conditions are met. These are:
That activities being carried out within a public place have had detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality or it is likely they will.
That the effect, or likely effect, of these activities is, or is likely to be, of a persistent or continuing nature, such as to make the activities unreasonable.
The orders identify public places and prohibit specific things from being done in that area or require specific things to be done in that area for a maximum of 3 years.
Breach of the order would constitute a criminal offence.
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