Brunswick Row Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) 2023

Brighton & Hove City Council in exercise of its powers under sections Section 59, 64 and 72 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 ("the act") hereby makes the following order:

1. This order shall come into operation on 19 October 2023 and shall have effect until 19 October 2026 unless extended before that date under the council's statutory powers. 
2. This order relates to that part of the public highway known as Brunswick Row as is shown coloured green on the attached plan ("the restricted area"). 
3. This order authorises that entry to the restricted area is restricted between the hours of 6pm and 8am every day ("the restricted hours") by lockable gates at both ends of the restricted area ("the gates"). The owners and occupiers of properties in Brunswick Row and Ditchling Road adjoining the Restricted Area will not be affected by this order. 
4. The alternative route for pedestrians will be along Queen's Place or Oxford Place. 
5. Locking and unlocking the gates to facilitate daytime access will be carried out by key- holding residents of the restricted area. Responsibility for the maintenance of the gates lies with the key-holding residents. 
6. The council is satisfied that the conditions set out in Sections 59, 64 and 72 of the Act have been satisfied and that it is in all the circumstances expedient to make this Order for the purposes of reducing crime and antisocial behaviour in and around the Restricted Area. The Council makes the order because criminal and antisocial behaviour in and around the Restricted Area has had a detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality. The effect or likely effect of this is of a persistent or continuing nature such as to make this unreasonable, and justifies the restrictions imposed by this order. 
7. Save for those persons exempted from the provisions of this order under Article 3. above, no person shall access the  restricted area during the restricted hours. 
8. If any interested person desires to question the validity of this order on the grounds that the council had no power to make it or that any requirement of the act has not been complied with in relation to this order, he or she may apply to the High Court within six weeks from the date on which this order is made. 

The footpath leading southwards from Ditchling Road Brighton, between numbers 17 and 19, to the junction with Queens Place, between numbers 1 and 5 Brunswick Row; a distance of approximately 36 metres with an average width of 3 metres.