Street drink ban fine to rise five-fold

8:20am Friday 5th December 2008

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People who consume alcohol in any of the 236 areas where public drinking is banned in South Lakeland could face a five-fold increase in fines, according to measures announced in the Queen’s Speech.

Those who flout South Lakeland District Council’s public drinking restrictions will see maximum penalties rise from £500 to £2,500 when the new Crime and Policing Bill comes into law in the next parliamentary session.

Following a legal order issued by the authority in January 2006, alcohol consumption is banned in 50 designated areas in Kendal, 65 in Bowness and Windermere, 62 in Ulverston, 26 in Ambleside, 19 in Grange-over-Sands and 14 in Milnthorpe.

For full details of the legal order, see below:

SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND POLICE ACT 2001 ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IN DESIGNATED PUBLIC PLACES IN THE AREA OF SOUTH LAKELAND (No. 1) ORDER 20045 SOUTH LAKELAND DISTRICT COUNCIL (“the Council”) hereby makes the following Order, pursuant to Section 13(2) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 20014 “the Act”): 1. The land described in the Schedule below and/or shown on the map attached to this Order, being land in the area of the Council which is land to which the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 applies, is hereby designated as a public place for the purposes of that Act.

2. This Order may be cited as the Alcohol Consumption in Designated Public Places in the area of South Lakeland (No. 1) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 22 January 2006.

KENDAL

Roads and Streets

Allhallows Lane, from the junction with Low Fellside; Branthwaite Brow; Bridge Lane; Bridge Street; Captain French Lane; Chapel Lane; Dowkers Lane; Dunmail Drive; Finkle Street; Gillingate to junction Anchorite Fields; Highgate to Kirkland to include all yards; Highgate, northwards from its junction with Lowther Street to include all yards; Kent Street; Kirkland to Netherfield Bridge; Little Aynam; Market Place; New Shambles; New Road; Police Yard; Sandes Avenue; Stramongate, between Finkle Street and Blackhall Road; Stricklandgate, southwards from its junction with Library Road, to include all yards; Stricklandgate, northwards from Library Road to Sandes Avenue, to include all yards; Waterside Estate.

Other Areas

Abbott Hall, to include play area: Abbott Hall Art Gallery and environs to Peppercorn Lane Car Park; Canal path from Natland Road to Canal Head North; Castle Park School grounds; Dean Gibson School grounds; Fletcher Park; Garth Heads area, to include Bowling Fell and Castle Howe; Ghyllside School grounds; Gooseholme; Hallgarth Estate, play areas and playing field only; Heron Hill School grounds; Kendal Parish Church and environs; Kendal Castle and environs; Kendal College grounds; Kendal Leisure Centre, to include car park and environs; Kirkbie Kendal School grounds; Low Fellside (Old burial ground); Maudes Meadow aka Nobles Rest; The Queen Katherine School grounds; Sandgate School grounds; St Thomas’s School grounds; Vicarage Park School grounds; Whinfell Centre grounds.

Car Parks

John Boste Car Park; K Village Car Park; Peppercorn Lane Car Park.

BOWNESS AND WINDERMERE

Roads and Streets

Ash Street; Beech Street; Beresford Road Gardens; Birch Street; Birthwaite Road; Biskey Howe Road (to Craig Walk junction); Brantfell Road (to Langrigge Drive); Broad Street; Church Street; College Road; Crag Brow; Craig Walk; Crescent Road; Droomer Drive; Elleray Road; Ellerthwaite Road; Fallbarrow Road; Havelock Road; Helm Road; High Street; Holly Road; Kendal Road (to and including Back Belsfield Road); Lake Road (from Ellerthwaite Road to Crag Brow); Langrigge Drive (private road); Lions Park; Limethwaite Road; Longlands Road (and play area) (from Sheriffs Wood to Lake Road); Low Fold; Main Road; New Road (from Ellerthwaite Square to Lake Road); Oak Street; Park Road (from Holly Road to Limethwaite Road); Phoenix Way (to include Old College Lane); Quarry Brow; Quarry Rigg; Queens Square; Rayrigg Road (to Steamboat Museum); Rectory Road (to include Cemetery and adjacent area of parkland to Coach Park); Robinson Place; Royal Square; Station Precinct; St Martin’s Place (to include St Martin’s Parade and St Martin’s Hill); The Promenade; Upper Oak Street.

Car Parks

Broad Street Car Park

Other areas

Baddeley Clock Gardens (between Lake Road and New Road); Birthwaite Road Gardens (between Birthwaite Road and College Lane); Cockshot Point; Ellerthwaite Square (and library gardens); Gardens at rear of Windermere TIC; Glebe Road (including golf course, recreation areas and Lake foreshore); Goodly Dale (to include Health Centre); Goodley Dale School grounds; Lakes School grounds; Miller Ground Phoenix Way Sports Field; Queens Park Recreation Area (to include skate park); Rayrigg Meadow (to include car park); Sheriffs Wood; St Cuthbert’s School grounds; St Martin’s Church (environs); War Memorial at Craig Walk; Windermere Junior and Infants School grounds.

AMBLESIDE

Roads and Streets

Bridge Street; Church Street; Compston Road; Compston Street; Greenbank Road; Kirkfield (to include Kirkfield Rise and Kirkstone Close); Kelsick Road; Lake Road (to Loughrigg Avenue); Market Place; Market Cross and Cheapside; Millans Park; Nook Lane; North Road; Peggy Hill; Rydal Road (from Greenbank Road to Market Cross); Smithy Brow; St Mary’s Lane; The Slack; Vicarage Road; Wansfell Road.

Other Areas

href="http://www.amblesideonline.co.uk" target="_blank">Ambleside Junior School grounds; Borrans Park; Castlefield Estate; Rothay Park; St Mary’s Church and environs; Waterhead (to include public pier).

GRANGE OVER SANDS

Roads and Streets

Bailey Lane and Morecambe Bank; Church Hill; Kents Bank Road to junction with Park Road (inclusive of Lowther Gardens, Albert Road and Cross Street); Lower part of Hampsfell Road; Main Street; Park Road; Pig Lane; Station Square from east of junction with station approach; The Esplanade and Crown Hill.

Car Parks

Berners Close; Hampsfell Road; Kents Bank Road; Library and surrounding area, to include Grange Fell Road to junction with Hard Cragg Way; Main Street; Windermere Road.

Other Areas

Ornamental Gardens; Park Road Gardens; The Community Orchard and Yewbarrow Estate (not woodland); The Promenade.

MILNTHORPE

Roads and Streets

Beetham Road; Church Street; Dallam School grounds; Haverflatts Lane; Main Street; Owlett Ash Fields; Park Road; Police Square; Ryleyfield Road; Summerville Road; The Churchyard and Cemetery; The Green; The Playing Field; The Square.

ULVERSTON

Roads and Streets

Benson Street; Bolton Place (off King Street); Brazier Fells Yard; Brewery Street;Brogden Street (to include rear of Glynis House); Butlers Yard; Buxton Mews; Buxton Place; Cavendish Street; Central Drive; County Square; Fountain Street; Ford Park Crescent; Gill Bank; Hart Street; Honeypot Estate (boundaries are Quebec Street, Lund Terrace, North Lonsdale Road and A590 County Road); King Street; Lady’s Walk; Leather Lane; Little Union Street; Lower Brook Street; Market Place; Market Street; Mill Street; New Market Street; New Market Street (back); Park Avenue (to include garage area) (Swarthmoor); Park Road (Swarthmoor); Park Road (play area to include football fields) (Swarthmoor); Parr Court (off Lower Brook Street); Poplar Grove; Princes Street; Queen Street; Queens Court; Smith Court; Spout Lane; Stanley Street; Station Approach and Railway Station Central Drive; Sunderland Terrace; Tank Square; The Gill; The Weint; Theatre Street; Union Street; Upper Brook Street; Victoria Road (to its junction with Lightburn Road, including the Rose Garden); Well Street.

Car Parks

Brewery Street Car Park; Buxton Place Car Park; Theatre Street Car Park; The Gill Car Park.

Other Areas

Church Walk School grounds; Church Walk (and the associated St. Mary’s Church grounds and graveyard); Croftlands School grounds; Dale Street School grounds; Ford Park (to include back Ford Park); Lightburn Park (the environs); Park Road (play area to include football fields); Priory Road Cemetery; Priory Road Leisure Centres (SLDC); St Mary’s School grounds; Ulverston Victoria High School grounds.

Dated 1 December 30 November 2005