\n The council\u2019s cabinet members have agreed to impose a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) restricting vehicle access to the Cefn Brithdir area of the Gelligaer and Merthyr Common.\n<\/p>\n
\n The order will run for three years and reinstates the restrictions set out under a previous PSPO, which has expired.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Chris Morgan, the cabinet member for green spaces, said the previous order had proved \u201ceffective\u201d in reducing fly-tipping at a site where 37 reports of illegal dumping were made in 2017.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cUnfortunately this illegal activity has reoccurred\u201d since that three-year PSPO expired in 2021, \u201creinforcing the need for renewed action\u201d, Cllr Morgan added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cabinet members heard the initial costs would be \u201cquite minimal\u201d and would include around \u00a3500 to replace a barrier.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sian Jones, the council\u2019s acting green space strategy manager, said there had been six reports of fly-tipping on the common this year.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis tipping is very large in size and suggests it comes from a commercial origin,\u201d she added.\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Elaine Forehead, the cabinet member for social care, asked whether the new PSPO would have knock-on effects on other users of the land.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re aware there could be some legitimate users of the common who are adversely affected by the order\u201d, replied Ms Jones, adding the council had \u201ctaken reasonable steps to identify such user groups, and officers will work with them\u2026 to identify and respond to any potential issues over the three-year period\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n The council said \u201clegitimate users\u201d of the common \u2013 such as the emergency services, contractors, walkers, cyclists, and local groups \u2013 will \u201cretain access through a managed key system\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Jones added: \u201cThe purpose of the order is not to stop legitimate use of the common, but to stop the antisocial behaviour \u2013 primarily fly-tipping and off-road vehicles abusing the landscape of the common.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Cllr Jamie Pritchard, the council\u2019s deputy leader, said the \u201cwhole purpose\u201d of the order \u201cis about antisocial behaviour and combatting that\u201d, and added the public would expect the council to take action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The council\u2019s cabinet members have agreed to impose a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) restricting vehicle access to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3843],"tags":[728,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-445521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115253049038932270","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=445521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/445522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=445521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=445521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=445521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}