Camborne home shut to all but its tenant for three months

A notice pinned to a garden gate in Camborne this week means only a handful of people can now walk through it.

The Neighbourhood Team in Camborne, working with Force Legal and Cornwall Council‘s Anti-Social Behaviour Team, has secured a partial closure order on an address in the town.

What the court ordered

The order was made at Cornwall Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 11 November under section 80 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It lasts for three months, which takes it into February next year.

Access to the property is now barred to everyone apart from the tenant and a short list of exceptions written into the order. Those include the tenant’s children, the landlord or their representatives, the emergency services and statutory agencies, and postal or delivery workers.

Why police say the step was taken

According to police, concerns had been raised for the resident when other people at the address were causing issues in the area, along with other activities.

Officers said the decision to seek the order “was not taken lightly”. The court chose to close the property to everyone but the tenant to give neighbours relief from the anti-social behaviour coming from the address.

Seeing anti-social behaviour where you live?

The neighbourhood team is asking anyone experiencing anti-social behaviour in their own area to get in touch with Devon and Cornwall Police.

📷The closure order notice at the Camborne address. Credit: Camborne, Pool and Redruth Police