FOI/EIR 25/26-506-CPNs & PSPOs

Breakdown of Public Space Protection Orders and Community Protection Notices since Nov 2023

Requested 23 January 2026

I 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.

PSPOs

4. 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.

Responded 16 February 2026

1a. 5 CPN, 61 CPW

1b. 5 CPN, 62 CPW

2a. Burning of commercial waste, accumulations of waste, improper sewage waste disposal

2b. Burning of commercial waste, accumulations of waste, noise.

3. 1 FPN for breach of CPN. Noise. 

4. One

5. Dog fouling | East Cambridgeshire District Council

6. None

7. N/A

8. All FPN’s are issued by East Cambridgeshire District Council.