Introduction
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs). These are wide-ranging and flexible powers for local authorities, recognising that councils are often best placed to identify the impact that anti-social behaviour can have.
The act gives councils the authority to draft and implement PSPOs in response to the particular issues affecting their communities, provided certain criteria and legal tests are met.
Councils can use PSPOs to prohibit specific activities, or require certain things to be done by people engaged in particular activities, within a defined public area.
For example, a PSPO could mean that you have to keep dogs on a lead at all times in a certain area.
Current Public Spaces Protection Orders
Somerset East (Mendip)
PSPOs current in the Somerset East area:
Somerset North (Sedgemoor)
PSPOs current in the Somerset North area:
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Somerset West
PSPOs current in the Somerset West and Taunton area:
Somerset South
PSPOs current in the Somerset South area: