Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) for Colchester, UK

Colchester's Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) are legal instruments designed to prevent activities harming local quality of life. The dataset, provided by the UK Government Digital Service, lists active orders, their original documents, and maps of their operational areas. It is available under the Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Mapping the geographic coverage of PSPOs based on the area documents mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing the types of prohibited activities and their intended prevention goals described in the orders.
• Studying enforcement patterns by linking order details to the potential issuance of Fixed Penalty Notices.
• Tracking the renewal and expiration status of local PSPOs over time.

Strengths

• Includes original legal orders and geographic area documents for each PSPO.
• Published under the Open Government Licence, facilitating reuse.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats (XML, CSV, JSON, HTML).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled and published by the local council or a central government body.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Colchester, United Kingdom