Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs)
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) allow the Council to work with the police to control antisocial behaviour in public places. A PSPO imposes prohibitions or restrictions in a public place to stop people committing antisocial behaviour. Breaking a PSPO is a criminal offence, which can result in a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) of £100, or a fine of up to £1,000 if prosecuted.
Current PSPOs
Following a public consultation, three PSPOs were issued across Broxbourne from July 2020 onwards.
The Control of Dogs
- picking up faeces
- excluding dogs from certain areas and playgrounds
Public Consumption of Intoxicating Liquor
- control of alcohol consumption
- not to urinate or defecate in public
- restriction of alcohol in certain areas
Vehicle Related Anti-Social Behaviour
- riding a motorbike, quad bike, scrambler, mini-moto or other mechanically propelled vehicle in a manner deemed by an Authorised Person to be anti-social and is, or is likely to be, causing nuisance, alarm, harassment or distress to any other person
- doughnutting - driving around in a repetitive manner, for example in a figure of eight
- hand brake turns - using the handbrake to turn the vehicle
- drifting - use of the accelerator when going into a bend causing the tail end of the vehicle to slide
- wheel spinning - use of the accelerator when the vehicle is stationary and before releasing the handbrake causing the wheels of the car to spin and noise and/or smoke to be produced
- revving of engine(s) (as to cause a nuisance)
- repeated sudden and rapid acceleration (as to cause a nuisance)
- racing
- performing stunts (as to cause a nuisance)
- sounding horns (as to cause a public nuisance)
- playing music in a motor vehicle (as to cause a public nuisance)
- using threatening, intimidating behaviour towards another person
- dropping litter from a motor vehicle
Verge Footway & Footpath Parking issued from 11 April 2021
- This Order applies to any footway or footpath, maintainable at the public expense, or any grass verge managed by the Local Authority and which is adjacent to the carriageway or footway of a highway, including adjoining footpaths within the restricted area
- Wilfully obstructing the free passage of traffic or pedestrian, along a highway
- Parking on grass verges where there have been no measures to allow for parking on the grass verge, such as Grassguard
- Crossing the footpath/footway to park on a residential driveway, where no dropped kerb has been installed by the Council
- Using a pram crossing, flat top plateau or tactile paving to park on a residential driveway
- Using any other type of crossing that is not a viable vehicle crossing, including but not limited to Zebra, Pelican, Puffin, Toucan and Pegasus crossing, to park on a residential driveway
PSPOs in full and associated maps
You can download and view the PSPOs and the associated maps for designated areas as PDF documents below.