More booze-free zones for Caerphilly County Borough

Eight new alcohol control zones are to be introduced across Caerphilly County Borough in a bid to stop street drinking and drunken antisocial behaviour.

Caerphilly County Borough Council’s cabinet recently approved eight new zones in the form of Designated Public Place Orders (DPPOs).

Councillor Lyn Ackerman, cabinet member for the environment said: “I very much welcome the extension of these ‘alcohol control zones’, which assist greatly in reducing nuisance and antisocial drinking in public places.

“DPPOs also help us promote the fact that nuisance drinking in public places is socially unacceptable, and allows law abiding citizens to reclaim their neighbourhoods from anti-social drinkers.”

Inspector Alan Webber, of Gwent Police, said: “We welcome the new DPPO areas. They provide police officers with additional powers to prevent incidents arising from public drinking. We can reassure local residents that where appropriate, officers will utilise these powers fully in order to protect our communities.”

The DPPOs are being introduced in the following areas:

Risca

• Fields Road
• Elm Drive
• Manor Way

Croespenmaen

• Football field at the end of Meadow Walk, Overdale Walk, Grove Walk, Shelley Close, Byron Place, Cherry Grove and Willow Park.

Trinant

• Trinant Terrace

Blackwood

• Apollo Way Estate
• Apollo Way
• Chartist Way
• Gibbs Close
• Palmer Place
• Waunllwyn Crescent
• Parfitt Place
• Croeso Square

Oakdale

• Oakdale Square
• Central Buildings
• Aberconwy Place
• Central Avenue

Cefn Fforest

• Twyn Gardens

Abercarn

• High Street
• Distillery area

Cwmcarn

• Jamesville
• Newport Road
• Chapel Farm Subway
• Grandstand, Abercarn Welfare Ground