FOI release

CPNs and PSPOs

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Case reference FOI2026/00178

Received 23 January 2026

Published 13 February 2026

Request

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.

Response

November 23- oct 24	0	0
Nov 24- Oct 25	15	4

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).

· Fly Tipping

· Allowing waste to accumulate on land in the open air

· Noise from animatronic dinosaurs

· Allowing the state of your premises

· Failing to respond to requests to ensure reasonable upkeep of the property

· The build up of waste/overgrown shrubbery

· Allowing the storage of vehicles which are not road worthy or in current use to be kept on the garden area

· Failing to secure the front gate to the curtilage of your premise when not in use, which permits your dog to escape and wander freely outside of the curtilage of your property

· Failing to keep control of your dog by allowing it to act in an aggressive or intimidating manner in that your dog is allowed to run at the gate to your property barking aggressively when any person approaches the front gate to your premise

· Failing to take appropriate action to remove your dog faeces from public areas, by not supervising your dog, identifying where your dog has defecated and not taking suitable actions to remove and dispose of your dog’s faeces from public areas

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.

A: 0

PSPOs

4. Please state the number of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) currently live within your authority.

A: This information is publically available on Herefordshire Council’s website and can be viewed via the following link:

Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) - Herefordshire Council

As such we consider this information to be exempt under Section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 because it is reasonably accessible to you via other means. Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.

5. Please provide a link to the PSPO texts online. If no link is available, please attach the PSPO texts.

A: Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) - Herefordshire Council

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

2024	0
2025	0

7. Where possible, please state the offences for which these PSPO FPNs were issued (eg begging, alcohol, dog control, dispersal).

A: N/A

8. Please state whether these PSPO FPNs were issued by a private company (Y/N). If so, please state the name of the company.

A: N/A

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