Proposed gating order for Owthorpe Road/Woulds Field Alleyway, Cotgrave

The Rushcliffe Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership has requested a "Gating Order" to combat problems on the above alleyway in Cotgrave. Many other initiatives have previously been tried (eg. additional patrols, youth schemes, incident recording techniques, etc.), but unfortunately these have not been wholly successful.

Gating Orders are now possible because of new regulations which allow the Council to barrier-off highways (including particular alleyways) for crime reduction reasons. It is, therefore, proposed to barrier-off those alleyways referred to in the formal notice (available below).

Consultation

Objections against the Gating Order were considered and a decision was made on 13 November 2008 to proceed with implementing the Gating Order as proposed.

It should be noted that whilst the majority of crimes occur in the evening, some do occur at other times. For this reason along with operational reasons it has not been possible to accommodate a part time closure. The closure proposed is therefore for 24 hours - seven days a week. However, those requiring access to their premises will be able to obtain a key from Cotgrave Town Council. Individual residents will not be issued keys.

It is regretted that some genuine users of this alleyway may be inconvenienced somewhat, however it is considered that the benefits to crime and disorder reduction will outweigh this disbenefit. In this respect the effect of the closures will be monitored and reviewed after 12 months.

Plan showing proposed Gating Order [PDF 332KB]

Proposed Gating Orders Report to Cabinet Member for Environment [PDF 1.8MB]

Notice of intention to make a Gating Order on Owthorpe Road/Woulds Field Alleyway, Cotgrave [PDF 40KB]

Signed Cotgrave Gating Order Decision Report [PDF 146KB]