Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: June 3, 2025

Purpose:

Content: RESOLVED: Cabinet resolved to make a PSPO in the same terms as the draft Order at Appendices A and B for a period of three years.   REASONS RESOLVED: 1.     Residents, businesses and road users in West Northamptonshire have been and continue to be detrimentally impacted by a range of anti-social vehicle related activities taking place on roads and other public places across the WNC area for a number of years, as can be seen from some of the consultation responses at Appendix C and the Police representations at Appendices D and E. 2.     This Order would allow the Council and Northamptonshire Police to try and tackle some of these activities more effectively and remove or reduce their impact on residents, businesses and road users. As the prohibited activities set out at Appendix E are not criminal offences in their own right, the ability of the Police and WNC to try and effectively achieve that is currently limited. 3.     Making the Order at Appendix A for these reasons would be consistent with the legal tests set out in the 2014 Act for making a PSPO.   ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS:   ·                 Resolve that the Council will make an Order prohibiting all of the activities set out in the draft Order at Appendix A in the Restricted Area set out in the plan at Appendix B in the and delegate the power to make that Order to the Executive Director for Communities and Opportunities upon completion of the remaining necessary statutory requirements, ·                 Resolve that Council will make an Order prohibiting some of those activities in the Restricted area at Appendix B and delegate the same powers to the same person, ·                 Resolve that the Council will make an Order prohibiting all or some of those activities in a smaller Restricted Area or Areas within the larger WNC area and delegate the same powers to the same person or ·                 Refuse to resolve that WNC will make an Order.