ASB Support

Gedling Borough Council understands that reporting anti social behaviour is at times difficult and residents require support in a variety of ways. Each resident will be kept up to date in relation to their complaint and have a free flowing dialog with the Officer investigating their concerns at each stage of the investigation.

Neighbour Mediation

In situations where there is a neighbour dispute that has been ongoing and neighbours are not able to find a way forward. Gedling Borough Council may be able to offer mediation by an independent agency. Please be aware that there are only a limited of places available.

Community or Estate Contracts

If appropriate Gedling Borough Council also becomes involved with Community or Estate Mediation. An example of community mediation is where a group of young people are playing football. The issue isn’t the children playing football it’s the situation when other factors arise. A meeting will be arranged where all residents concerned will be invited and an agreement or contract will be agreed. Some example outcomes could be: to use plastic or sponge footballs instead of leather balls and/or not to play after a certain time.

Signposting to other agencies

If Gedling Borough Council feels that they are not the most appropriate agency to investigate your complaint of anti social behaviour, a referral could be made to another agency, for example the Police.

Gedling Borough Council works with a variety of agencies to tackle anti social behaviour. For example, police, Nottinghamshire County Council – Youth workers, Highways, Adult and Child Social Care and Community Safety, also Fire and Rescue service, NHS and Social Housing Providers.

Early Intervention

As a result of working with a number of agencies to tackle anti social behaviour when an alleged offender is identified early intervention is offered if appropriate. This could be:-

Formal or informal warnings: - a visit to parents, a letter.
Acceptable Behaviour Contracts – a non-legal contact between alleged offender and agencies, usually Police, Gedling Borough Council and the Police.
Referrals to other agencies.