- Description
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Bolton Council is seeking to extend our Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to allow for lockable gates to continue to be installed and maintained across a number of sites in the borough.
This is being pursued in response to repeated instances of crime and anti-social behaviour – primarily fly tipping, dog fouling and on-street substance misuse – occurring at these locations, prior to the PSPO implementation.
Residents who occupy properties directly attached to these proposed gated routes would be given keys to allow them to open the gates. The Council and emergency services would also hold keys.
The Council has to be sure that extending the current PSPOs is the right thing to do for these communities. If you are a local resident, land or property owner or someone who works in one of the PSPO areas, we would really welcome your views to help us consider the future of these PSPO gated areas.
Please refer to PSPO individual orders for each gated area.
Please note: Powers to create PSPOs to allow gates to be installed over the highway to prevent and tackle crime and Anti-Social Behaviour came into force in October 2014. The Orders replaced existing Gating Orders, which automatically became PSPOs as of 20 October 2017.
A PSPO can last for up to three years, after which it must be reviewed. If the review supports an extension, and other requirements are satisfied, it may be extended for up to a further three years. There is no limit on the number of times an Order may be reviewed and renewed.
PSPO Areas with restricted access
Abingdon Road, Tonge with the Haulgh Gregson Field, Great Lever Ainsworth Lane Area, Tongue with the Haulgh Hartfield Walk, Tongue with the Haulgh Alders Lane, Tongue with Haulgh High Street, Peabody Street, Great Lever Archer Avenue, Turn Bridge Road - Tongue with the Haulgh Hildon Street, Tonge with the Haulgh Back Barr Lane, Astley Bridge Huntingdon Walk, Newton Walk, Tanworth Walk Back Market Street, Farnworth Lee Lane, Cooper Street, Horwich Barwell Square, Farnworth Leverhulme Avenue, Great Lever Bolton Road, Kearsley Lower Makinson Fold, Horwich Bromwich Street, Tongue with the Haulgh Lowther Street, Great Lever Bryn Walk, Dingle Walk - Halliwell Martin Avenue, Farnworth Cartmel Crescent, Tonge with the Haulgh May Street - Tonge with the Haulgh, Back Crescent Road, Great Lever Castle Street Tonge with the Haulgh Melbourne Road, Rumworth Cawdor Street Area, Farnworth Richmond Gardens, Great Lever Chancery Lane, Bolton Town Centre Ruins Lane - Bradshaw, Viola Street, Astley Bridge, Mill Croft & Halliwell, Chorley Old Road (North), Smithills Ruskin Avenue, Kearsley Crawford Avenue, Tonge with the Haulgh Savick Avenue, Breightmet Darwen Road, Bromley Cross Singleton Avenue, Breightmet Dove Walk, Farnworth St Williams Avenue, Great Lever Duckshaw Lane & Fletcher Street Starcliffe Street, Farnworth Finch Avenue, Farnworth Sulby Street, Kearsley Forton Avenue, Breightmet Tulip Avenue, Kearsley Garstang Avenue, Breightmet Victoria Road, Horwich Glaisdale Close, Tonue with the Haulgh Walton Court, Great Lever Green Avenue Area, Great Lever Wellington Street, Farnworth Greenland Road, Harper Green Whitehead Crescent, Kearsley Greenroyd Avenue, Breightmet Willow Close, Rumworth Woodfield Street, Great Lever - Survey
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This consultation is now closed.
- Closing Date
- Thursday 5th October 2023
- Outcome
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For details of the outcome, please visit the Public Space Protection Orders webpage.