North Lincolnshire Council has renewed bans on town centre cycling, street drinking, begging and other anti-social activities – after residents responded overwhelmingly in favour of keeping them in place.
A new rule will mean dogs will have to be kept under control or on a lead in public places after more than nine out of ten people supported this measure.
A public spaces protection order (PSPO) has been in place since 2021 – with a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) issued to people involved in these activities that negatively impact on others.
If this fine is not paid, the council take people to Magistrates Court to enforce.
The current PSPO was due to run out at the end of October.
Cllr Rob Waltham, leader, North Lincolnshire Council, said: “The vast majority of residents told us they value these protections and want to see them continue.
“We have handed out hundreds of fines to people who act inappropriately and ignore the rules, causing problems in town centres, creating nuisance and blighting our communities.”
Cllr John Davison, cabinet member for community wellbeing (urban), said: “These things have a massive impact on people’s lives and their enjoyment of where they live or shop or visit. We make no apologies for fining people for behaving in a way which shows a complete disregard for others.
“The PSPO also gives officers the ability to fine people who put theirs and other peoples lives at risk by ignoring advice to get out of open water – this will target people who disregard the warnings of the dangers of Ashby Ville Pond.”
The new PSPOs allows the council and partners, including Humberside Police, to deal directly with a variety of issues, including an outright ban on cycling or motorised scooters, where they are not mobility scooters, in parts of Brigg and Scunthorpe.
There is also a ban on drinking alcohol or carrying open alcoholic beverages in public places in and around Scunthorpe, apart from Kingsway Gardens, Central Park and licensed alcohol venues.
Loitering or begging, ‘where it is a manner that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm, distress, nuisance or annoyance, to a person’ is banned from Brigg and Scunthorpe.
