FOI request: CPNs and PSPOs
Case reference FOI2026/00096
Received 24 January 2026
Published 3 March 2026
Request
I would like to make the following request for information about your authority's use of CPN and PSPO powers.
CPNs
1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the periods: a. November 2023-October 2024; b. November 2024-October 2025.
Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.
2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs/CPWs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).
3. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of breach of CPN between November 2024-October 2025. Please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued.
PSPOs
4. Please state the number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) currently live within your authority.
5. Please provide a link to the PSPO texts online. If no link is available, please attach the PSPO texts.
6. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the following calendar years: - a. 2024 - b. 2025
7. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).
8. Please state whether these PSPO FPNs were issued by a private company (Y/N). If so, please state the name of the company.
Response
FOI2026/00096
CPNs
1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the periods: a. November 2023-October 2024; b. November 2024-October 2025.
Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.
2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs/CPWs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).
3. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of breach of CPN between November 2024-October 2025. Please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued.
PSPOs
4. Please state the number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) currently live within your authority.
5. Please provide a link to the PSPO texts online. If no link is available, please attach the PSPO texts.
6. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the following calendar years: - a. 2024 - b. 2025
7. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).
8. Please state whether these PSPO FPNs were issued by a private company (Y/N). If so, please state the name of the company.
1: The number of PSPOs issued – See Website: https://www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/our-services/crime-and-community-safety/public-spaces-protection-order-pspo/public-space-protection-order-pspo
2. Where PSPOs were issued, the brief details of those orders: See website : https://www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/our-services/crime-and-community-safety/public-spaces-protection-order-pspo/public-space-protection-order-pspo
3.
Staker Lane PSPO - 2023/24- 0, 2024/25 – 0, 2025/26 – 0
Littering from Vehicles PSPO - 2023/24- 8, 2024/25 – 3, 2025/26 – 0
Dog Fouling PSPO - 2023/24- 3, 2024/25 – 3, 2025/26 – 4
Dogs on Leads PSPO- 2023/24- 0, 2024/25 – 0, 2025/26 – 0
Dog Exclusion PSPO - 2023/24- 0, 2024/25 – 0, 2025/26 – 0
Lowes Lane PSPO - 2023/24- 0, 2024/25 – 0, 2025/26 – 0
4. Details of each fines issued and the fine amount
£100 fines
5. The number of prosecutions brought for breaches of PSPOs.
Nil.
Documents
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