Peterborough car cruising hotspot gets public protection order
People told the council about meets involving up to 300 cars and smaller gatherings of vehicles where some drivers carried out manoeuvres like doughnuts and handbrake turns.There were also complaints about litter, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.Cabinet member for housing and communities, Alison Jones, said: "We have listened to feedback from residents and are taking direct action by setting up a PSPO aimed at tackling crime and improving the quality of life for communities within this area of the city."Pleasure Fair Meadow car park is monitored by a council-operated CCTV camera, which logged 32 incidents of anti-social or dangerous driving between April 2023 and November 2024.
Leader of the Liberal Democrat group, Christian Hogg, represents the Fletton and Stanground ward where the car park is located.He said: "It is absolutely most welcome, as the residents around Pleasure Fair Meadow Car Park have been blighted for years with screeching tyres, revving engines and loud music on a regular basis."Hopefully this PSPO will finally produce a solution because it gives the police far more power to move people on and for them to not come back 15 minutes later."In Peterborough there are currently two area PSPOs – one in the city centre and one covering the Millfield, New England, Eastfield and Embankment areas.Independent councillor Julie Stevenson chaired the task and finish group created to examine the issue.She said: "This is great. It has taken a long time but now it is here and hopefully it will be effective in just getting people some nights where they can sleep again."
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