Caerphilly Council's cabinet extends Public Spaces Protection Order

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Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet has approved plans to tackle antisocial behaviour.

In a cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, November 10, the cabinet agreed to extend the council’s existing Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) and add new areas to the order to help make the public feel safer.

What is Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet?

A council’s cabinet is made up of councillors in charge of different policy areas – such as education, environment, local economy, etc – and a leader.

It is separate to the council’s corporate management structure, which is headed up by its chief executive and various directors. Cabinet is made up of councillors, who are elected and have the ultimate say.

Typically, cabinet members are councillors from the party with the most elected council members.

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet is made up of:

Cllr Sean Morgan (Nelson) – Leader
Cllr Jamie Pritchard (Morgan Jones) – Deputy Leader; Prosperity, Regeneration and Climate Change
Cllr Nigel George (Risca East) – Corporate Services and Property
Cllr Eluned Stenner (New Tredegar) – Finance and Performance
Cllr Carol Andrews (Gilfach) – Education and Communities
Cllr Shayne Cook (Morgan Jones) – Housing
Cllr Elaine Forehead (Van) – Social Care
Cllr Philippa Leonard (Risca East) – Planning and Public Protection
Cllr Chris Morgan (Machen and Rudry) – Waste, Leisure and Green Spaces

Corporate management is made up of unelected employees of the council and has responsibility for day-to-day management of services, such as making sure the bins are collected. Corporate directors work with cabinet members to come up with policy which is then agreed upon by the cabinet.

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The new areas being added to the PSPO are; Hengoed Railway Station, Birchrove in Tirphil, Rhymney Library car park, Cefn Fforest and Pengam Eco Park, Crosskeys railway station, and Risca Road.

PSPOs are created to prevent antisocial behaviour in public spaces.

The maximum length of a PSPO is three years, which is why the council are renewing the current one.

The additions follow a public consultation put forward by the council’s Environment and Sustainability Scrutiny Committee – to which 87% of respondents agreed that the current PSPO should be extended for another three years and 96% agreed that additional areas should be added.

Residents said they wanted the PSPO to include the additional areas to tackle the issues of excessive alcohol drinking and loitering.

Under the PSPO it is an offence for an individual to continue drinking alcohol if they have been told to stop by an authorised officer.

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