Decision Details

Decision Subject To Call In

Felixstowe Viewpoint and Landguard Carparks PSPO

No

Report of the Cabinet Member with responsibility for Community Health 

Tue 2 Dec 2025

To consider implementing a targeted PSPO for  areas of Felixstowe which can be used to prohibit or restrict these behaviours in the designated area, thereby providing a framework for enforcement by police.

Communities

Approved budget

No

Not Applicable

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None

Committee

Cabinet

Yes

Yes

No

No

Whilst the Police have (and have used) a range of tools at their disposal, the implementation of a PSPO for the proposed area should provide additional rigour to the partnership response to some of the behaviours being displayed in this location. The Police are supportive of the PSPO and have worked with ESC to develop its content.

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There were none.

That Cabinet:

1. Considered the consultation responses at Appendix A, B and C and agrees the statutory conditions for a PSPO, as detailed in Section 8 legal implications of this report, are satisfied.

2. Approved the introduction of the new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for ‘Felixstowe carparks leading from Viewpoint to Cliff Road, and surrounding area’, at Appendix A, to commence for 3 years from 13 December 2025.

3. Delegated authority to Police Constables, including PCSOs, to issue Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) on behalf of East Suffolk Council.

4. Noted that enforcement of the PSPO will be a discretionary power exercised by Suffolk Police and authorised Council officers, applied proportionately and in accordance with existing enforcement protocols. Authorised Council officers include those with delegated authority. 

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