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New Rules For Dog Owners In Adur With Fines Of Up To £1,000 And Criminal Records

Tuesday, 27 September 2022 06:40

By Jessica Hubbard, Local Democracy Reporter

Rules for dog owners in Adur could be about to get stricter.

Adur District Council is set to approve new rules for dog owners which could see fines of up to £1,000 and criminal records for those who don’t comply.

The district’s existing dog Public Space Protection Orders, or PSPOs, are also set to be extended until 2025.

Nearly 250 people responded to a public consultation with more than half saying they had witnessed dog-related anti-social behaviour like dog fouling, dogs off of the lead, and dogs where they shouldn’t be.

Concerns were also raised about a perceived lack of enforcement.

If passed by ADC’s full council, new rules would include: requiring dogs to be on leads along the footpath beside Adur Riverbank and Adur Ferry Bridge; banning dogs from Lancing Beach Green play area and skate park; and requiring owners to give their full name, date of birth, and address if they’re investigated for breaching any of the rules.

Walking more than six dogs at a time in public areas would continue to be banned.

If the rules are extended until 2025, dogs will continue to be banned from the following areas:

All enclosed children’s play areas

Play areas in Monks Recreation Ground, Lancing

Shadwells Open Space play area, Lancing

Croshaw Recreation Ground play area, Lancing

Play and sports areas at Lancing Manor

Some areas of East Lancing Recreation Ground

Elm Grove play area, Lancing

Larkfield Recreation Ground, Lancing

Parklands Open Space play area, Shoreham

Sea Spray Avenue play area, Shoreham

The Meads play area, Shoreham

Shoreham Beach Green play area

Adur Memorial Recreation Ground play area, Shoreham

Buckingham Park play and sports areas, Shoreham

Middle Road Recreation Ground play area, Shoreham

Quayside play area, Southwick

Cromleigh Recreation Ground play area, Southwick

Mile Oak play area, Southwick

Southwick Green play area

Areas of Southwick Recreation Ground

Sompting Recreation Ground play area

Hamble Recreation Ground play area, Sompting

Halewick Park play area, Sompting

Fishersgate Recreation Ground play area


Dogs would also need to continue to be on leads in the following areas:

Public streets

Allotments

Car parks

Cemeteries and closed churchyards

Mill Lane Cemetery, Shoreham

St Julian’s Church and churchyard, Shoreham

St Mary’s Church, Shoreham

St Michael and All Angels Church, Shoreham

St Nicolas Churchyard, Shoreham

The Meads Allotments, Shoreham

Williams Road Allotments, Shoreham

Cemetery Allotments, Mill Lane, Shoreham

Ham Skate Park, Shoreham

Hamfield Allotments, Shoreham

Middle Road Allotments, Shoreham

Milton Drive Allotments, Southwick

The Pylons Allotments, Southwick

Highdown Allotments, Southwick

Hillview Allotments, Southwick

Irene Avenue Allotments, Southwick

Manor Hall Road Allotments, Southwick

Southwick Cemetery

St James The Less cemetery and church grounds, Sompting

Halewick Lane Allotments, Sompting

Lancing and Sompting Cemetery

Widewater Lagoon Nature Reserve, Lancing

Lancing Manor Allotments


Rules for dog owners are set to be discussed by ADC’s joint strategic sub-committee on Thursday (29 September).

More information can be found here:https://www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/dogs/dog-control/

 

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