Why are you doing a consultation on this?

    When exploring the option to implement a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), it is a legal requirement for us to carry out public consultation, even if prior evidence and petitions have been put forward. No decisions about implementing a PSPO can be taken until the public consultation has taken place. 

    I don’t want to fill the consultation out online / Can I fill out the consultation by hand?

    If you don’t want to fill the consultation out online, you can view a copy of the consultation document and complete a paper copy of the consultation by visiting BCP libraries which are closest to the consultation area: Boscombe Library(External link), Bournemouth Library(External link), Charminster Library(External link)Springbourne Library(External link)Westbourne Library(External link) and Winton Library(External link).

    I don’t understand the question in the consultation that says; “To what extent do you support or do not support the proposed restrictions on behaviour within the Safe Zone?”

    To make a decision on whether to implement a safe zone and designated areas we need to understand what sort of behaviours should be restricted within those areas. 

    We are asking you to tell us which of the listed behaviours should be restricted and how strongly you feel about this. 

    For example, one option in a consultation question asks if you think that people should be able to make a recording, or take a photograph of a service user or a member of the Clinic’s staff?  

    If you think that people should not be allowed to do this within the safe zone and/or designated areas, then you may wish to select ‘Strongly support’ or ‘support’, because you support there being restrictions on this type of behaviour. 

    If you think people should be allowed to do this within the safe zone and/or designated area, then you may wish to select ‘Strongly do not support’ or ‘do not support’, because you do not support there being restrictions on this type of behaviour. 

    Even if you feel there should be no designated areas (option 1) within the safe zone, or if you feel there should be no safe zone/PSPO at all, we still want to hear your opinions. This is because the proposal for a PSPO is still at a formative stage and we are still considering all options. 

    The consultation only asks certain questions? How can I express more of my thoughts?

    Many of the questions in the consultation feature a comments box. You can write further comments in these boxes (up to 3000 characters per box in the online survey(External link)). 

    There is a ‘Further Comments’ section which offers the chance to add any further views or thoughts you might have about the PSPO consultation. 

    I think it is obvious what the right option is for this area. Why are you bothering to ask people?

    Before any decisions are made, we want to understand the views of all groups affected by the considered proposal. 

    When exploring the option to implement a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), it is a legal requirement for us to carry out public consultation, even if prior evidence and petitions have been put forward. No decisions about implementing a PSPO can be taken until the public consultation has taken place. 

    The consultation is difficult to fill in / I’m struggling to understand the consultation / why is the consultation so complicated?

    We have included all the key information in the consultation document. Please carefully read through this before responding. If you have any questions or need help completing the consultation, please contact our team: asbteam@bcpcouncil.gov.uk(External link) 

    English is not my first language. Can you help me?

    If you need the consultation materials in an alternative language or format, please contact the Anti-social Behaviour Team at asbteam@bcpcouncil.gov.uk(External link). 

    What happens next?

    Following completion of the public consultation, a further analysis of the options and results of the consultation itself will be undertaken.  

    The council will review all the results and responses, with a Portfolio Holder decision on how to proceed expected in the early Autumn.