Public Consultation
Alcohol Consumption in Designated Public Places
The Local Authorities (Alcohol Consumption in Designated Public Places) Regulations 2007
North Shropshire District Council hereby gives notice of its proposals to make Designated Public Places Orders under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 in respect of Whitchurch, Wem, Market Drayton, Ellesmere and Shawbury as referred to in the Schedule attached to this notice.
These areas will be designated for the purposes of the Orders and are shown on the plans to be attached to the copy of this notice which can be viewed at the offices of North Shropshire District Council, Edinburgh House, New Street, Wem, Shropshire SY4 5DB during normal business hours, Monday to Thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm and here, on the Council's website until 31st October 2008.
The effect of the proposed Order is to grant a Police Officer or other accredited person, including a Community Protection Officer, the power to require a person drinking alcohol in the designated area to stop drinking and/or surrender any container of alcohol. If that person fails to comply with the request, an offence is committed which may result in a fixed penalty or, upon arrest and conviction, a fine. It is not intended to implement a comprehensive ban on drinking in the open air but rather to eliminate anti-social drinking and the associated nuisance, annoyance and disorder.
The proposed Order covers highways and public areas as well as areas in private ownership to which members of the public have access including car parks, doorways, forecourts and arcades.
The following places are excluded from the Designated Public Places Order:
a) Premises where a premises licence or club premises certificate is in force to serve alcohol under the Licensing Act 2003 and places within the curtilage of these premises (e.g. pubs, clubs, restaurants, off-licences)
b) Premises subject to a Temporary Event Notice under the Licensing Act 2003
NB: this exemption applies only at times when alcohol is being served under the licence and 30 minutes thereafter
C) Places where the sale or consumption of alcohol is permitted on public highways under s.115E of the Highways Act 1980 (highway related uses)
Representations with respect to these proposals must be made in writing and addressed to the Council's Chief Solicitor, Edinburgh House, New Street, Wem, Shropshire SY4 5DB by 31st October 2008
Mrs. J. H. Sanders
Chief Solicitor
Schedule
1) Whitchurch:
a) The Diana Gardens, Yardington
b) Queensway Recreational and Wildlife Park, Queensway
c) Deermoss Park, Egerton Place
d) War Memorial site, Station Road
e) Brownlow Street Car Park, Brownlow Street
f) Blackmore Road Play Area, off Brownlow Street
2) Wem:
a) Recreation Ground, Park Road
d) Drawell Walk (leading from High Street through to Pyms Road)
e) Railway car park, Aston Street
f) Play Area, The Grove Estate off Grove Court, Barnard Street
h) Play Area, Lowe Hill Gardens, Lowe Hill Road
i) Footpath leading to Butler Sports Centre, Wem off Drawell Walk
3) Market Drayton:
a) The Town Park, Manor Gardens
g) Buntingsdale Road recreation area
4) Ellesmere:
a) Waterfront promenade along the edge of The Mere
c) Birch Road Nature Reserve and Recreation area
e) Land fronting the Town Hall, Willow Street
f) The Square (at the junction of High Street, Cross Street and Scotland
g) White Bridge (across the Llangollen branch of the Shropshire Union
h) Promenade and Car Park, Cross Street
5) Shawbury:
a) Church Street, including the car park
b) Recreation Area and car park, Church Street/Poynton Road
c) The Moat and surrounding area
d) A53 at its junction with Wem Road to its junction with the Wellington Road
