The Council is set to confirm new restrictions on the use of Acomb Green at a meeting taking place on 20^th June.

On Acomb Green during 2015, North Yorkshire Police were called to 49 incidents, 44 of which were ASB and there were 5 criminal incidents.

The proposed ban, first announced in March, covers:

• Banning the drinking of alcohol
• The ability to remove large groups of 3 or more people who are causing anti-social behaviour (ASB)
• Banning under 16’s from the possession of lighters in the play area
• Setting the amount of any Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) at £100, which would be reduced to £75 if paid within the first 14 days.

The proposals received the support of over 90% of residents who responded to a Council consultation on the issue. This is similar to the number who responded to a separate survey included in the last issue of the local Focus newsletter. Ward Councillors and local Police also supported the restrictions.

Many residents wrote to highlight the problems that they had witnessed on The Green.

Asked whether there were any other improvement s that they would like to see, residents said a CCTV camera should be installed and they also felt that more enforcement action should be taken against dog fouling.

The “Public Space Protection Order” is likely to become effective later in the year

West Bank Park

Separately the Council is set to go ahead with similar restrictions in West Bank Park.

Here the Executive member is being recommended to impose a requirement that dogs should be kept on a lead between 8:00am and 6:00pm. Residents, in a consultation poll, had opposed this idea by 101 votes to 32.