Decision details

Purpose of Report: To outline the need to make a decision as to whether or not to seal and make operative the Draft Public Spaces Protection Orders.

The Executive Member is requested to agree with the officer recommendation to not make operative both schemes.

Due to the volume of data involved, this issue has been split and renamed from Public Rights of Way - Proposal to restrict public rights over the following alleyways using Public Spaces Protection Order legislation; Curzon Terrace Alleyways and Burnswick Street/South Bank Avenue (both Micklegate Ward) to Public Rights of Way - Proposal to restrict public rights over the alleyways between Knavesmire Crescent/Curzon Terrace and Curzon Terrace/Albemarle Road, Micklegate Ward, using Public Spaces Protection Order legislation.

Brunswick Street/South Bank Avenue will receive its own report.

Resolved:  That the Executive Member agrees not to seal the Public Spaces Protection Orders to restrict public rights over the alleyways between Knavesmire Crescent /Curzon Terrace and Curzon Terrace/Albemarle Road in the Micklegate Ward.

Reason:    The number of objections received would suggest that this scheme would not be appropriate for this area, and the money saved could be better used.  Previous schemes had shown that where gates have been installed, without the full support of all residents, it can lead to gates being misused and local tensions between supporters and objectors.