Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) maps and legal information

Last Updated: 21 November 2023

Public Space Protection Order (South Lakeland District Council) 2021

The Public Space Protection Order came into force on 8 October 2021 for a duration of three years.

Public Spaces Protection Order (South Lakeland District) 2021 (PDF 271KB / 10 pages)

Public Space Protection Order (South Lakeland District Council) 2020

On 3 August 2020, South Lakeland District Council introduced a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO). The new PSPO relates to dog control measures.

The new PSPO covers Arnside Cemetery, Arnside Playing Fields, Staveley Playground and Wilson Park in Broughton in Furness. The Public Space Protection Order (South Lakeland District) 2018 remains in force.

Public Space Protection Order (South Lakeland District Council) 2020 (PDF 157KB / 3 pages)

South Lakeland District Boundary Map for Public Space Protection Order

Penalties for breaching PSPO

A police constable, or an authorised person, may issue a fixed penalty notice under s68 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 (‘the Act’) not exceeding £100 to anyone s/he has reason to believe has committed an offence in relation to the PSPO.

Failure without reasonable excuse, to comply with the prohibitions imposed by the PSPO, is a summary offence under s67 of the Act and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale (£1,000).

Legal challenge

PSPOs can be challenged under the Act by an individual who lives in or regularly works in or visits the restricted area on the grounds that the local authority did not have the power either to make the Order or include particular prohibitions or that the Act was not complied with in relation to the Order.

Challenges to the introduction of this new PSPO must be made to the High Court within six weeks of the date of the Order being made (in this case by 19 November 2021 if the Order is made on 8 October 2021).

A copy of the made Order will be available following 8 October 2021.

PSPO boundaries

PSPO maps for children's play areas
Children's play areas
Ambleside, Rothay Park play area PSPO map
Ambleside, Castlefield Estate play area PSPO map
Ambleside, Kirkfield Estate play area PSPO map
Grasmere, Broadgate Meadow play area PSPO map
Grasmere, High Fieldside play area PSPO map
Bowness, Longlands Road play area PSPO map
Windermere, Mill Beck Close play area PSPO map
Windermere, School Knott Estate play area PSPO map
Windermere, Mill Rise play area PSPO map
Windermere, Queens Park play area PSPO map
Windermere, Rayrigg Meadow play area PSPO map
Troutbeck, Troutbeck play area PSPO map
Burneside, Hall Park play area PSPO map
Kendal, Acre Moss play area PSPO map
Kendal Archers Meadow play area PSPO map
Kendal Briery Meadows Estate play area PSPO map
Kendal Sandylands play area PSPO map
Kendal Lowther Park play area PSPO map
Kendal, Kendal Utd, Castle Drive play area PSPO map
Kendal, Esthwaite Avenue play area PSPO map
Kendal, Murley Moss play area PSPO map
Kendal, Valley Drive play area PSPO map
Kendal, Kendal Parks Road PSPO map
Kendal, Howe Bank play area PSPO map
Oxenholme, Helmside Gardens play area PSPO map
Oxenholme, Bolefoot play area PSPO map
Kendal, Brockbeck Kirkbarrow play area PSPO map
Kendal, Vicars Field play area PSPO map
Kendal, Chambers Close play area PSPO map
Kendal, Yeats Close play area PSPO map
Kendal, Michaelson Road play area PSPO map
Kendal, Maple Drive play area PSPO map
Kendal, Greenwood play area PSPO map
Kendal, The Oaks play area PSPO map
Holme, Pear Tree Park Estate play area PSPO map
Milnthorpe, Beech Close play area PSPO map
Milnthorpe, Owlett Ash play area PSPO map
Milnthorpe, Grisleymires play area PSPO map
Burton, Boon Town play area play area PSPO map
Sedbergh, Maryfell play area PSPO map
Dent, Dragon Croft play area PSPO map
Grange, Fell Close play area PSPO map
Grange, Yew Tree Memorial Fields play area PSPO map
Ulverston, Lund Farm Estate play area PSPO map
Ulverston, Mill Dam play area PSPO map
Ulverston, North Lonsdale Road play area PSPO map
Ulverston, Dale Street play area PSPO map
Cark in Cartmel, Old Auction Mart play area PSPO map
Ulverston, Lightburn Park play area PSPO map
Kendal, Rinkfield play area PSPO map
Ulverston, Croftlands play area PSPO map
Kendal, Abbot Hall play area PSPO map