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FOI request (FOIR-789820591)
CPNs and PSPOs
Requested Fri 23 January 2026
Responded Fri 20 March 2026I would like to make the following request for information about your authority's use of CPN and PSPO powers.
CPNs
1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the periods: a. November 2023-October 2024; b. November 2024-October 2025.Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.
2. If possible, please state the subject of these CPNs/CPWs - for example, by providing the texts, or stating the subject matter of the orders (e.g. Litter, waste, ASB).
3. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of breach of CPN between November 2024-October 2025. Please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued.
PSPOs4. Please state the number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) currently live within your authority.
5. Please provide a link to the PSPO texts online. If no link is available, please attach the PSPO texts.
6. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the following calendar years: - a. 2024 - b. 2025
7. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).
8. Please state whether these PSPO FPNs were issued by a private company (Y/N). If so, please state the name of the company.
Response
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.
CPNs
1. Please state the number of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) issued by your authority in the periods:;
a. November 2023-October 2024
Answer: 7 - 6 for drinking alcohol in PSPO area, 1 for litter accumulation on private land
b. November 2024-October 2025.
Answer: 4 - 1 for drinking alcohol in PSPO area, 3 for litter accumulation on private land
2. Please also state the number of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) issued within these periods.
a. November 2023-October 2024
Answer: 30 - 13 for drinking alcohol in PSPO area, 1 for ASB, 16 for litter accumulations on private land
b. November 2024-October 2025.
Answer: 36 - 9 for drinking alcohol in PSPO area, 2 for aggressive begging 25 for litter accumulations on private land.
3. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of breach of CPN between November 2024-October 2025. Please state the offences for which these FPNs were issued.
Answer: 1 for litter accumulation on private land.
4. Please state the number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) currently live within your authority.
Answer: 3
5. Please provide a link to the PSPO texts online. If no link is available, please attach the PSPO texts.
Answer: https://www.hastings.gov.uk/community-safety/pspo/
6. Please state the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued for the offence of violating a PSPO in the following calendar years: - a. 2024 - b. 2025
a. 2024
Answer: 3
b. 2025
Answer: 15
7. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).
2024
Answer: 3 for dog control
Answer: 2025 - 15 for dog control
8. No
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