ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND NUISANCE VEHICLES

Darenth Parish Council has, on several occasions, contacted landowners Dignity Group Holdings Ltd, drawing their attention to off-road bikers accessing their land and local woodland at the Mabledon Hospital Site. Recent incidents arising from exposed entrances on the land have been reported by the Parish Council and a response requested to this ongoing situation which needs to be resolved.

We note from the landowners website mission statements that Dignity is 'Close to the heart of the local community' and 'Making a difference to the local communities that we serve is at the heart of everything we do. By listening to and understanding the needs of local communities our employees are able to respond by providing help where it is really needed'. On behalf of the long-suffering residents, the Parish Council asked that the expressed sentiments are backed by some meaningful actions.

We requested information on what steps are being taken to secure boundaries to prevent such activities which are causing a significant noise nuisance, distress and upset to Darenth residents as well as having a potential detrimental impact on the local habitat.

IN ORDER TO BUILD A PICTURE OF THE IMPACT OF NOISE NUISANCE AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, KENT POLICE AND THE PARISH COUNCIL WOULD URGE AFFECTED RESIDENTS TO REPORT SPECIFIC INCIDENTS OF ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR USING THE DETAILS BELOW:

We encourage residents to report all matters of Crime and /or Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) incidents to Kent Police;

Please call 999 if a crime is in progress (example being criminal damage/assault/theft) in all other cases;

Please call 101 or go on line by searching the Kent police website. If deaf or speech impaired, text ‘police’ and your message to 60066. If you are receiving this message electronically please click on the relevant link attached below.

Reporting crime:https://www.kent.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/

Reporting ASB:https://www.kent.police.uk/ro/report/asb/asb-v3/report-antisocial-behaviour/

You can click on the chat function in the bottom right hand corner of the screen which will enable you to chat with an operator online to report ASB matters at the time they are occurring.

Message from local Kent Police Ward officer:

The local Darenth Neighbourhood Beat Officer, PC Maffia has created an online portal to allow local residents to upload footage of ASB activity.

If anyone has any footage or images of the bikes/riders that may assist me in identifying them, that would be greatly appreciated.

This link below allows information to go straight to me, no personal details will ever be shared! Only footage affecting Darenth may be report on this link. Thank you!

https://kep.uk.evidence.com/axon/community-request/public/darenth

We would remind you that non-emergency crimes can be reported by calling 101. To report a crime in progress, please call 999. If deaf or speech impaired, text ‘police’ and your message to 60066.