A protection order has been put in place in car parks to combat antisocial behaviour. Crawley Borough Council has imposed a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in three of its town centre car parks. These are Kingsgate car park in Queensway, the Town Hall car park in Exchange Road and the Orchard Street multi-storey.
READ MORE: Two pubs taken over by Admiral Taverns The order means the council and police have the authority to order anyone engaging in antisocial behaviour to leave the car park and not return for 48 hours. If people violate this order, they could face a £100 fixed penalty or potentially a £1,000 fine if their offence goes to court. Before the order was put in place, a consultation was launched and 76 per cent of residents were in favour of these measures.
The council said the order could be extended to other town centre car parks if necessary. The order is currently in place for three years. A spokesman for Crawley Borough Council said: "A period of investigation and public consultation found that antisocial behaviour had been recorded or reported within multi-storey car parks in the town centre which left some car park users feeling unsafe and supportive of the council’s proposal to tackle it.
" Councillor Bob Noyce, cabinet member for environment, sustainability and climate change, said: "Our car parks play a vital role in the economic vitality of the town centre in Crawley and the income made from parking charges pays for services to be delivered. "I ho.
