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Welwyn Garden City Town Centre PSPO Consultation Questionnaire

Proposal to introduce a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in Welwyn Garden City Town Centre

Please visit our webpage www.welhat.gov.uk/WGCPSPO to view the full proposals and map of the area covered by the PSPO.
Do you consider any of the following to be a problem in the proposed PSPO area?
1.Street drinking?(Required.)
2.Begging?(Required.)
3.Rough sleepers(Required.)
4.Public urination or defecation(Required.)
If you have answered YES to any of the above, how often do you feel that the problem behaviour has occurred?
5.Street drinking
6.Begging
7.Rough sleepers
8.Public urination or defecation
With regards to the previous question, please give an indication of the times of day that the problem behaviours occurred.
9.Street drinking
10.Begging
11.Rough sleepers
12.Public urination or defecation
Do you consider any of the following to have an impact (please consider the environment, local businesses, safety of residents and visitors to the town centre) on you and/or the local community in a PSPO control area?
13.Street drinking(Required.)
14.Begging(Required.)
15.Rough sleepers(Required.)
16.Public urination or defecation(Required.)
Do you think a PSPO would help address the impact/problem?
17.Street drinking
18.Begging
19.Rough sleepers
20.Public urination or defecation
How safe do you feel in the proposed PSPO area during the following times?
21.In the town centre during daylight hours:(Required.)
22.Elsewhere in the proposed control zone during daylight hours:(Required.)
23.In the town centre in the dark:(Required.)
24.Elsewhere in the proposed control zone in the dark:(Required.)
25.If you have answered unsafe or relatively unsafe to any part of the previous question, please can you provide further details to explain further in terms of where (specific location) and when (weekday, time) you feel this way:
26.Again, if you answered unsafe or relatively unsafe to any part of the previous question, please explain further why you felt and/or feel unsafe or relatively unsafe in that place:
27.The proposed PSPO area, if implemented, would cover the areas highlighted on the map in the full proposals. What is your view of the proposed control zone area?(Required.)
28.Are there any areas which adjoin the proposed PSPO area in Welwyn Garden City where you feel we should consider implementing this PSPO?(Required.)
29.How long would you like to see the proposed PSPO put in place for? (Please note that a PSPO cannot be implemented for longer than 3 years without review.)(Required.)
Do you have any further comments or alternative measures that could be used to deal with any of the following? 
30.Street drinking(Required.)
31.Begging(Required.)
32.Rough sleepers(Required.)
33.Public urination or defecation(Required.)
34.If you have any further comments on the proposed PSPO, please provide details below.
About you
We're asking for the following information to help us better understand our community and the affect certain behaviours have on different people.
Any personal information provided will be held in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council will not share information with anyone without your consent and all published survey results will remain anonymous. Please see our Privacy Notice here: www.welhat.gov.uk/policies/privacy-notice
35.Are you?
36.Gender
37.What is your age group?
38.How would you describe your ethnicity
39.Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
Contact details
(completing this section is optional)
40.Name:
41.Organisation (if applicable):
42.Address:
43.Email address
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