Tourism, Equalities, Communities & Culture Committee
Agenda Item 49 (d)
Subject: Women’s safety in the city
Date of meeting: 12 January 2023
Proposer: Councillor Simson
Seconder: Councillor Bagaeen
Ward(s) affected: All
Notice of Motion
Conservative Group
This committee:
1) Recognises serious concerns regarding safety of women in some of the City’s public spaces, for example at Pavilion Gardens and New Road;
2) Notes infrastructure improvements used by councils to improve safety in the public domain include layered lighting, CCTV and gating;
3) Considers that such infrastructure improvements to improve women’s safety in the city could be delivered through the Council’s planning system through the expenditure of developer contributions;
4) Requests that a report be brought forward outlining how a proportion of the £23,574,569 of unspent Section 106 contributions (Obligation Category); and £386,180 of unspent Community Infrastructure Levy contributions could be devoted to these purposes.
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