Issue - decisions
Consultation outcomes to the proposed conditions of the Draft Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO)
30/10/2017 - Consultation outcomes to the proposed conditions of the Draft Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO)
(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.