Issue - meetings

At Strategy & Resources Committee in January the Leader of the Council approved in principle the proposal to make a Public Spaces Protection Order and authorised officers to carry out a public consultation on a proposed draft order.  The draft order prohibited advertising or soliciting custom for a punt tour, walking tour, hire or use of punts, boats or similar craft within the designated Public Spaces.  The results of the consultation were to be presented to the Strategy & Resources committee in March for consideration by the Executive Councillor and for a decision as to whether to approve the order and implement it. 

On the recommendation of officers the decision on whether to introduce a Public Spaces Protection Order – Tour and Punt Touting has been deferred as there has been a large response to the public consultation on this issue.  Officers have advised that more time is needed, than was previously expected, to analyse the results in order to give a fair and transparent consideration to all of the views expressed.

The Leader confirmed that the decision on whether to introduce a Public Spaces Protection Order – Tour and Punt Touting had been deferred as there had been over 941 responses to the public consultation on this issue. More time was needed, than was previously expected, to analyse the results in order to give fair and transparent consideration to all of the views expressed. A special meeting of the Strategy and Resources Committee may be convened to consider the issue.