Meeting discusses antisocial behaviour on beach
BBCA meeting has taken place to address antisocial behaviour at a beach in Cornwall.
Residents in the Carlyon Bay area, near St Austell, voiced their concerns to the local parish council after they said they had experienced shouting, screaming, urinating, defecating, litter and damage to their gardens from people leaving Crinnis Beach.
The meeting on 4 June, had local councillor James Mustoe attend, as well as representatives from Carlyon Parish Council, Devon and Cornwall Police and Safer Cornwall.
Locals said that the bad behaviour was caused by both males and females from mixed age ranges, and was particularly bad on Friday evenings when live music took place on the sand.
The meeting, which included 16 residents, also heard how speeding motorists and motorbikes looped around the area every evening, which residents said increased had since a 20mph speed limit was imposed.
They also raised concerns over a lack of police presence, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
Devon and Cornwall Police had previously said the beaches would be patrolled and Insp Simon Andrews told the meeting that the force was patrolling coastal areas on Friday nights.
He said that people must report every incident, as, without evidence, it is hard to justify putting resources into the area, and added that they only had three reported incidents in the past four months.
Helen Toms, community safety officer at Safer Cornwall said there was currently an massive issue with youth behaviour.
She said the community safety team was trying to support young people by distracting and disrupting unacceptable behaviour.
Mustoe added that a recent festival on the beach was well managed with no issues.
To tackle the issues CEG, the investment company behind the development of Carlyon Beach, proposed putting CCTV in the car park and on the beach.
Security company Coast to Coast confirmed it had issued three banning letters to individuals, prohibiting them from entering the beach.
It added that it was also undertaking bag checks after 18:00.
The residents agreed to report all incidents and set up a community speed watch group.
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