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P-05-864 Ban the use of 'Hostile Architecture'
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Meeting: 13/10/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 5 PDF 185 KB View as HTML (5/1) 5 KB
- 05.08.20 Correspondence – Minister for Housing and Local Government to the Chair, item 5 PDF 244 KB
Minutes:
In light of the lack of contact from the petitioner, the launch of the
Placemaking Charter in September and the Minister’s commitment to engage
organisations supporting homeless people in relevant work under this, the
Committee agreed to close the petition and provide details of the evidence the
Committee has considered to the petitioners.
Meeting: 07/07/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 4 PDF 185 KB View as HTML (4/1) 5 KB
- 16.04.20 Correspondence - Minister for Housing and Local Government to Chair, item 4 PDF 241 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further information and agreed to write back to the Minister for Housing and Local Government to ask about the membership of the Placemaking Wales Partnership and seek assurances that appropriate organisations which support homeless people will be involved in this work, with a view to closing the petition if sufficient assurances are received.
Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-864 Ban the use of 'Hostile Architecture
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 99 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 17.02.20 Correspondence - Welsh Local Government Association to Chair, item 3 PDF 341 KB View as HTML (3/2) 21 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to write back to the Minister for Housing and Local Government to share the evidence received from charities and to ask whether she has been able to give further consideration to whether “appropriate reference to the use of hostile architecture” can be made within advice and guidance on implementing the Government’s ‘placemaking agenda’, as previously referred to, and whether she would consider making a clear statement to local authorities that hostile architecture features should not be used in Wales.
Meeting: 05/11/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-864 Ban the use of 'Hostile Architecture'
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 27 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 14.06.19 Correspondence - Caer Las to Committee, item 3 PDF 27 KB View as HTML (3/2) 8 KB
- 14.06.19 Correspondence - Caer Las to Committee, Annex: Analysis of 2 week National Rough Sleeper Count Questionnaires, November 2018, item 3 PDF 468 KB
- 14.06.19 Correspondence - Shelter Cymru to Committee, item 3 PDF 120 KB View as HTML (3/4) 11 KB
- 21.06.19 Correspondence - Crisis to Committee, item 3 PDF 415 KB
- 28.10.19 Correspondence - The Salvation Army to Chair, item 3 PDF 113 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to write to the Welsh
Local Government Association to seek their response to the issues raised by the
petition and the evidence received to date.
Meeting: 07/05/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-864 Ban the use of 'Hostile Architecture
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 99 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 27.03.19 Correspondence - Minister for Housing and Local Government to Chair, item 3 PDF 274 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence on the petition and agreed to write
to homelessness charities to seek views on the issues raised by the petition
and the impact and prevalence of hostile architecture to deter rough sleeping
in Wales.
Meeting: 05/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 P-05-864 Ban the use of 'Hostile Architecture
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 99 KB View as HTML (2/1) 5 KB
- Research Brief, item 2 PDF 71 KB View as HTML (2/2) 37 KB
- Correspondence - Minister for Housing and Local Government to Chair, item 2 PDF 265 KB
- Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 2 PDF 28 KB View as HTML (2/4) 5 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the
Minister for Housing and Local Government to:
·
ask
for her views specifically in relation to the merits and practicality of the
petition’s call for a ban or moratorium on the use of hostile architecture in
Wales;
·
ask her to consider issuing a Technical Advice
Note on the use of hostile architecture; and
· ask her what planning controls could be put in place in order to provide closer oversight of the retrospective installation of hostile architecture.