Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) in force
Breach of any of the current PSPO are considered as an offence and will incur either a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100 or a fine on prosecution in court of no greater than £1000.
Breach of any of the current PSPO are considered as an offence and will incur either a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100 or a fine on prosecution in court of no greater than £1000.
A 6 week challenge period ran from 1 July 2021, which resulted in no challenges
Warrington reintroduced the PSPO for Alcohol that provides the police and other designated officers powers within a designated area (the Borough) to tackle street-drinking where it is having a detrimental effect to those in the locality.
The designation for the alcohol order provides Police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) with the power to require a person to:
The PSPO allows for greater control of drinking where it is of a problematic nature – e.g. large groups of drinkers intimidating residents/passers-by; and gives police additional powers within a designated area to tackle street-drinking where there is associated anti-social behaviour (ASB).
The 6 week challenge period runs from 11 December 2023
We recognise that the vast majority of dog owners continue to act responsibly but the PSPO allows us to address the antisocial behaviour associated with failing to clean up dog fouling and to keep a dog under control.
The order creates the following offences:-
Before making a PSPO, the Council must be satisfied on reasonable grounds that two conditions are met.
The first condition is that:
The second condition is that the effect. Or the likely effect of the activities:
Breach of any of the current PSPO are considered as an offence and will incur either a Fixed Penalty Notice of £100 or a fine on prosecution in court of no greater than £1000.
**For those who wish to challenge the local authority’s decision to re-introduce a PSPO, the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Act 2014 creates a specific statutory appeal route, which must be followed by ‘interested persons’ (those who live in, work in or regularly visit the relevant area). The deadline for issuing a challenge is six weeks from the date the PSPO is made and the relevant venue is the High Court.
The challenge can be made under two grounds:
If you require any further information in relation to public space protection orders, please use the contact us.
Warrington Borough Council
East Annexe,
Town Hall,
Sankey Street,
Warrington,
WA1 1UH
Tel
01925 443322