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The Gateway Area Forum Hugh Wignall Head of Neighbourhood Services

The Gateway Area Forum Hugh Wignall Head of Neighbourhood Services. October 2012. Neighbourhood Services. Who we are and what we do Dedicated team Joint tasking Geographic focus One contact for a problem Differing schedules based on need Community prioritisation of service.

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The Gateway Area Forum Hugh Wignall Head of Neighbourhood Services

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  1. The Gateway Area ForumHugh Wignall Head of Neighbourhood Services October 2012

  2. Neighbourhood Services Who we are and what we do • Dedicated team • Joint tasking • Geographic focus • One contact for a problem • Differing schedules based on need • Community prioritisation of service

  3. What are we trying to achieve? • Improved access to services with increased community involvement in planning and decision making • Open and honest dialogue • Identification of neighbourhood issues • Prioritisation of issues • Partnership working to address these

  4. Update on activities – The Gateway

  5. Update on activities – The Gateway

  6. Update on activities – The Gateway

  7. Update on activities – The Gateway

  8. Update on activities – The Gateway

  9. Update on activities – The Gateway

  10. Neighbourhood Priorities identified at the last meeting • Noise nuisance & Anti Social Behaviour • Houses of Multiple Occupation • Fly tipping & refuse in back alleys

  11. Update on Environmental Enforcement activities • Dog Fouling • Irresponsible Management of Waste • Fly Tipping • Littering (including from vehicles) • Abandoned Cars • Noise Nuisance • Criminal Damage/Graffiti/Fly Posting • Nuisance Parking • Scrap Metal Theft • Problem Alleys Enforcement To Date: Challenges (CDR) 81 (Caught doing right) Challenges (CDW) 10 (Caught doing wrong) Dog Fouling (FPN): 0 Littering (FPN): 0

  12. Bag it, Bin it • DOG CONTROL ORDERS –RESULTS OF CONSULTATION • (1) The Fouling of Land by Dogs Order: • Failing to remove dog faeces: The fixed penalty will increase from £50 to £80. The Order is town wide • (2) The Dogs on Leads Order: • Not keeping a dog on a lead in areas where dogs are required to be on leads. The areas where dogs are to be on leads will be decided following the consultation process • (3) The Dogs on Leads by Direction Order: • Not putting, and keeping, a dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer: This gives Council, PCSO's and Police Officers the ability to instruct dog owners to put their dogs on leads. The Order is town wide • (4) The Dogs Exclusion Order: • Permitting a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded: The areas where dogs are to be banned will be decided following the consultation process

  13. You said, We did… We did A Brunswick resident suggested that fly tippers were becoming cleverer and smarter prevention methods and the cause of the problems needed to be identify e.g. possible restrictions at the Bristol Avenue waste disposal centre. 

  14. You said, We did… We did A local resident referred to previous amnesties on fly tipping and suggested installing a skip in problem areas.

  15. You said, We did… We did Could the Council look at providing resources at the times when dogs are allowed to foul i.e. early morning?

  16. You said, We did… Confirmation that it is not necessary to dispose of dog excrement in a specific bin and the purpose of the ‘Bag it, Bin it” campaign was to highlighting this point.  A resident of High Street commented on the number of dog fouling incidents in the area where bags had been dumped on the floor.

  17. Community Payback

  18. LOCATION After… Before…

  19. LOCATION Before… After…

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  21. News and activities

  22. Open floor issues / ideas / comments Responses from • Councillors, • Neighbourhood services, • Police, Fire and • NHS Blackpool

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