Decision Maker: Cabinet

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: No

Date of Decision: November 14, 2024

Purpose: To reinstate PSPOs relating to the Dog Service – dogs on beaches, dogs on leads and dog fouling. Taking into account feedback from consultation with Town & Parish Councils and members of the public.

Content: That Cabinet approves the reinstatement of the Public Spaces Protection Orders relating to dogs as set out in this report.   In three years’ time, when the PSPO policy comes up for renewal, the consultation responses will be divided into wards to be able to assess more specific views, to include time periods, and the PSPO orders made accordingly.   At this time, 2024, the maps in Sandown will be changed so that the western boundary of the Sandown Dog Exclusion Zone is reduced eastward to stop at the groyne east of the public toilets near Lake Slipway. The signage and maps required for enforcing the Dog Exclusion Zone will be audited and the number of required replacements costed.