Agenda item

Report of the Director of Law and Governance

Further to minute 9/24, Cabinet considered a report of the Director of Law and Governance, that had also been considered by Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee at their meeting on 25^th September 2024, which sought authority to create a new city-wide Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) as the previous Order had expired. Appendices to the report provided: the Proposed Draft Order; a Map showing the Area Covered by the Order; Responses from Key Partners; Consultation Responses; and an Equality Impact Assessment. 

The new PSPO had conditions within it to address the unauthorised use of offroad motorbikes and other specific mechanically propelled vehicles (MPV) in the city. It would also seek to control the drinking of alcohol in public spaces.

Under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 local authorities must carry out a statutory consultation before implementing a PSPO. A period of public consultation took place between 22nd July and 19th August 2024.

Cabinet received a briefing note from Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee’s consideration of the report (their Minute 33/24 referred), which had been circulated, together with an Addendum to the report’s Appendix that related to Responses from Key Partners, headed ‘Consultation Response from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands’, which had also been considered by Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee. The briefing note set out areas of discussion at their meeting, further areas assigned to Scrutiny, and the Committee’s recommendations for Cabinet’s consideration. The Committee recommended that Cabinet consider the additional information circulated in respect of the ‘Consultation Response from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands’, and agree the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED that Cabinet:

1)  Approves the recommendations from Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee following their consideration of the report at their meeting on 25th September 2024.

2)  Notes the results of the consultation, including the Consultation Response from the Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midland, and grants the creation of a city-wide PSPO to commence from 2nd October 2024 for a period of three years.

3)  Requests that the operation of the PSPO should be subject to the oversight of Scrutiny Co-ordination Committee as appropriate, as with other PSPO’s.