Decision details

(a)       That following the period of consultation, the Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee recommends the making of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to cover dog control and dog fouling in Flintshire with the following conditions to Cabinet for final determination.  The 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 formal recreational areas including but not exclusively bowling greens and tennis courts

- Fenced enclosed children’s play areas.

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

(iv)  Have means on their person, at all times, appropriate means 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 removal of the proposal of dogs being excluded from the playing areas of marked sports pitches in response to a lack of alternative areas for dogs to be exercised nearby at the current time.  Allowing for a period of further consultation for Town and Community Councils to consult locally on marked sports pitches in their areas; and

(b)       To note for information, but subject to final Cabinet determination, the agreed Public Space Protection Order covering dog control and dog fouling commences on 20 October 2017, following a Notice period and publicity of the upcoming Order.