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172.

FILMING AT MEETINGS

Please note that this meeting may be filmed or recorded by the Council for live or subsequent broadcast via the Council’s internet site or by anyone attending the meeting using any communication method. Although we ask members of the public recording, filming or reporting on the meeting not to include the public seating areas, members of the public attending the meeting should be aware that we cannot guarantee that they will not be filmed or recorded by others attending the meeting. Members of the public participating in the meeting (e.g. making deputations, asking questions, making oral protests) should be aware that they are likely to be filmed, recorded or reported on. 

 

By entering the meeting room and using the public seating area, you are consenting to being filmed and to the possible use of those images and sound recordings.

 

The chair of the meeting has the discretion to terminate or suspend filming or recording, if in his or her opinion continuation of the filming, recording or reporting would disrupt or prejudice the proceedings, infringe the rights of any individual or may lead to the breach of a legal obligation by the Council.

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Noted

173.

URGENT BUSINESS

The Cabinet Member will advise of any items they have decided to take as urgent business.

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None

174.

Declarations of interest

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest or a prejudicial interest in a matter who attends a meeting of the authority at which the matter is considered:

 

(i) must disclose the interest at the start of the meeting or when the interest becomes apparent, and

(ii) may not participate in any discussion or vote on the matter and must withdraw from the meeting room.

 

A member who discloses at a meeting a disclosable pecuniary interest which is not registered in the Register of Members’ Interests or the subject of a pending notification must notify the Monitoring Officer of the interest within 28 days of the disclosure.

 

Disclosable pecuniary interests, personal interests and prejudicial interests are defined at Paragraphs 5-7 and Appendix A of the Members’ Code of Conduct

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175.

Public Spaces Protection Orders to replace existing Designated Public Place Orders and Dog Control Orders pdf icon PDF 238 KB

The Cabinet Member will be asked to approve the continuation of all of the Council’s Designated Public Place Orders and Dog Control Orders as Public Space Protection Orders, following a change in legislation, to cover a three year period.

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Councillor Ayisi considered, after a brief discussion, the report seeking approval of a continuation of the Councils Designated Public Place Orders and Dog Control Orders as by law these will automatically convert to Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) on the 20th October 2017. The PSPOs will be treated as if the provisions of the existing orders were provisions of a PSPO made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

 

RESOLVED

 

The Cabinet Member for Communities approved the continuation of all of the Councils Designated Public Place Orders (DPPOs) and Dog Control Orders (DCOs) as Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) for a period of 3 years from 20th October 2017.

 

REASONS FOR DECISION

 

Whilst the existing terms of DPPOs and DCOs will convert to PSPOs automatically on 20th October 2017, the Act is silent as to their duration and there therefore needs to be clarity as to their continued need and how long they should last, for which a decision is required. Since October 2014 when part 4 of the 2014 Act came into force, it has no

longer been possible to make any new DPPOs or DCOs. For this reason, it is essential that the areas covered by existing DPPOs are converted to PSPOs to enable the continuation of enforcement in regards to nuisance caused by irresponsible drinking and dog control.

 

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED

 

To allow the existing DPPOs and DCOs to become PSPOs without clarification

as to their duration or review as to the need for their continuation. However, this

option was not considered appropriate as this approach would create

uncertainty and possibly confusion.

 

176.

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 - request to Commence Public Spaces Protection Order Consultation pdf icon PDF 168 KB

The Cabinet Member will be asked to approve a consultation for the introduction of a Public Spaces Protection Order on the Love Lane estate to tackle anti-social behaviour.

 

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Councillor Ayisi considered, after a brief discussion, the report seeking approval for a consultation regarding anti-social behaviour on the Love Lane Estate. The issue of drug dealing and drug misuse has worsened over the last year due to the increased numbers of rough sleepers many are dependent on either heroin or crack cocaine. Some of the women who are rough sleeping have engaged in sex work within the blocks or on estate roads to support their drug habit. There has been urination and defecation on the stairwells which has necessitated increased cleaning by estate service staff. In addition to this, young men have been loitering on the upper stairwells smoking marijuana during the early afternoon into the late evening. All these behaviours are having a detrimental effect on the lives of those living on the estate.

 

RESOLVED

 

The Cabinet Member for Communities approved for consultation the draft Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) as contained in Appendix 2. The consultation will commence in accordance with section 72 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act, with consultation to run for a period of eight weeks.

 

REASONS FOR DECISION

 

The Council and partner agencies have undertaken a number of enforcement actions to tackle the anti-social behaviour on the estate, further details will be

provided later in the report. A number of partly successful actions have been

taken against individuals to prohibit them from entering the estate but this has not resolved the issues. A PSPO will provide a long term solution to the problems that residents experience on a daily basis. It will also provide to the police an additional enforcement tool to tackle persistent anti-social behaviour on the estate and will help break the cycle of anti-social behaviour which is having a detrimental effect on the lives of residents.

 

The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing legislation allows the use of penalties such as Fixed Penalty Notices and prosecution. In order to support the legislation targeted and sustained enforcement will be used by partners including both the Metropolitan Police, Northumberland Park Policing Team, Homes for Haringey, ASBAT, Home Office Immigration Enforcement Team and Tactical Enforcement. Assistance in gathering evidence can be provided through the Regeneration Team, Estate Service Officers and Community Champions who live on the estate. There will continue to be a cost to the council if enforcement action is taken but no cost where the decision to prosecute is undertaken by the police.

 

ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS CONSIDERED

 

Not to pursue a PSPO. Given the length of time that the behaviour has been

ongoing and the detrimental effect the behaviour is having on the residents Of Love Lane this is not considered a viable option.

177.

New items of urgent business

To consider any items admitted at item 2 above.

 

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