Decision details

(a)       That Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO’s) be extended to cover dog control and alcohol control in Flintshire. 

The dog control PSPO will require a person in charge of a dog to:

(i)        Remove their dogs waste from all public places within Flintshire.

(ii)        Prohibit taking, or permitting the dog to enter or remain in:

- all areas within school grounds,

- the playing areas of marked sports pitches

- the playing areas of formal recreational areas including but not exclusively bowling greens and tennis courts

- fenced enclosed children’s play areas.

- the fenced footpath around The Rosie, Wepre Park, Connah’s Quay as marked on Map 1 (Appendix 3)

- Mold Memorial Park, Maes Bodlonfa, Mold as marked on Map 2 (Appendix 4)

(iii)       Keep their dogs on a lead within a cemetery.

(iv)      Have appropriate means on their person, at all times, to pick up their dogs’ waste from all public places in Flintshire.

(v)       Put their dog on a lead, when directed by an authorised officer, if the dog is loose and causing a nuisance or annoyance to any other person, bird, or animal

The alcohol control PSPO will impose the following prohibitions and/or requirements in public spaces in Flintshire, at all times

(i)        Any person who, without reasonable excuse, continues drinking

intoxicating liquor in a public area within the Restricted Area

when asked to stop by an authorised officer, commits an offence.

(ii)        Any person who whilst in a public area within the Restricted Area, without reasonable excuse, fails to surrender any intoxicating liquor in their possession when asked to do so by an authorised officer, commits an offence.

(iii).      An authorised officer who imposes a requirement under Article

4(a) and/or 4(b) must tell the person that failing, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the prohibition and/or requirement is an offence.

(b)       For information, but subject to final Cabinet determination, the agreed Public Space Protection Orders covering dog control and alcohol control commences on 29October 2023 following a notice period and publicity of the upcoming order.