New order to tackle antisocial drinking across Central Bedfordshire
Thursday, 6 August 2020
We've approved the areas covered by our Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) relating to antisocial drinking for the next three years.
On Wednesday 5 August 2020, our Executive Committee agreed the new PSPO, following a consultation in November 2019, which consulted on the existing order.
Such orders are not complete public drinking bans, but they give authorised officers additional powers in designated areas. They can request that individuals do not drink alcohol or hand over alcohol in their possession if behaving anti-socially.
We've agreed the new areas covered by the PSPO across Central Bedfordshire. The full details will be available in due course.
Based on results from the public consultation and evidence that stakeholders provided, three of the existing areas have been removed from the PSPO: Kensworth, Hockliffe and Caddington.
Although these three areas will no longer have an order in place, the police will still have existing powers to deal with alcohol related issues in this area, including requesting individuals to not drink and removing any alcohol in an individual’s possession.
Councillor Ian Dalgarno, our Executive Member for Community Services said:
Public Space Protection Orders give our officers additional powers to deal with a wide range of anti-social issues, to assist in keeping our communities safe.
The consultation helped us to determine that we had the right orders in place and in the right locations. We know local knowledge is key, so we used the feedback and evidence provided from residents and our partners to ensure that the decisions we made reflected any areas that were of concern.