Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Community Partnerships, Public Protection & Maidenhead

To note the report and:

i)               Consider the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014, Public Space Protection Order (dog control and dog fouling) 2021 and the Public Space Protection Order (cycling in pedestrianised areas) 2021 and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Place Services in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Community Partnerships, Public Protection and Maidenhead to approve both Orders.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved the continuation of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014, Public Space Protection Order (dog control and dog fouling) 2021 and the Public Space Protection Order (cycling in pedestrianised areas) 2021 for a further 3 years.

ii)               Requested that the Assistant Director for Housing and Public Protection immediately reviews the restrictions relating to cycling, and carries out the required consultation in relation to a potential variation to the PSPO to the hours of 10am to 5pm to bring it in line with restrictions on motor vehicles and delegates authority to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Leader of the Council to make any variations necessary to the PSPO as a result of the consultation responses.

AGREED: That the order of agenda items be changed so that items 9 & 7 be considered first in that order. The usual agenda order would then resume.

The Chair, Councillor Werner, Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Community Partnerships, Public Protection and Maidenhead, invited Shay Bottomley to address the Cabinet as a registered public speaker. He was given 3 minutes to speak.

The Chair thanked the speaker for their comments and outlined some of the key points of the report, that he hoped would address the points that had been raised. He noted that an additional recommendation had been made since the agenda had been published and outlined what this was to the Cabinet.

Councillor Bermange, Cabinet Member for Planning, Legal & Asset Management said that the speaker had raised a good point and that he welcomed the review mentioned. The Chair agreed and said that he would be happy to look at this.

Councillor Price, Clewer & Dedworth East Ward, said that a resident had approached her about a huge amount of dog fouling recently. Once brought to the attention of the Community Wardens, Councillor Price said that signs had been put up the very next day to deter this. Residents had since said that this had worked as a preventative against dog fouling. The Chair thanked her and said that he’d like to explore the use of metal signs in some prominent places too in the future.

Councillor Wilson, Eton & Castle Ward, said that he welcomed the consultation to review the cycling operating hours. He said that it was very important to encourage cycling, especially for elderly persons getting into the town centres and commuters getting to the railway stations.

AGREED: That Cabinet noted the report and:

i)               Approved the continuation of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, Antisocial Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014, Public Space Protection Order (dog control and dog fouling) 2021 and the Public Space Protection Order (cycling in pedestrianised areas) 2021 for a further 3 years.

ii)              Requested that the Assistant Director for Housing and Public Protection immediately reviews the restrictions relating to cycling and carries out the required consultation in relation to a potential variation to the PSPO to the hours of 10am to 5pm to bring it in line with restrictions on motor vehicles and delegates authority to the Executive Director of Place in consultation with the Leader of the Council to make any variations necessary to the PSPO as a result of the consultation responses.