Issue - meetings

(Report of the Assistant Chief Executive – Policy, Performance, Partnerships and Communication) To obtain feedback from the Committee on the current ASB Strategy (2009-2011), which is an update on the previous (2003) and details the approach and areas of focus. Actions to achieve delivery will be detailed in the 2009/10 action plan.

The Committee received a report on the Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy 2009-2011. The Committee was advised that further information and detailed actions for certain hotspots could additionally be found in the Alcohol Strategy.

Committee members enquired about the possibility of exercising the Council’s power to declare alcohol ‘saturation zones’, to prevent additional licensed premises opening in an area, as a means of addressing anti-social behaviour issues in certain areas. Cllr Canver, Cabinet Member for Enforcement and Safer Communities, agreed that, where the necessary criteria were met, saturation zones could be considered as one of the tools available for tackling anti-social behaviour and that this would be incorporated into the ASB Strategy. Cllr Aitken moved that the Committee make a formal recommendation that the Council consider the feasibility of alcohol saturation zones in areas where high numbers of alcohol-related disturbances were recorded. Following a vote, the motion fell.

Clarification of the distinct roles of the Youth Task Force and the Youth Crime Action Plan, and the way in which these interlinked, was provided.

RESOLVED

That the current ASB Strategy (2009-2011), which is an update on the previous (2003) and details the Council’s approach and areas of focus, be noted.