Agenda item

Verbal update by the Director of Open Spaces

The Committee received an update from the Director of Open Spaces informing Members that the visit to the Olympic Park on 3 October 2014 had been very well received.  A note of thanks had been sent to Mark Camley and Alistair Bayford.

Members also noted that the Epping Forest and Commons Committee had agreed the following Dog Control Orders to be implemented at Burnham Beeches coming into effect on 1 December 2014:

Schedule 1. Pick up dog faeces -  resolved to make The Fouling of Land by Dogs (Burnham Beeches) Order 2014, to be applied as proposed, across the whole site.

Schedule 2. Dogs on leads at all time - resolved to make The Dogs on Leads (Burnham Beeches) Order 2014 to be applied as proposed.

Schedule 3. Dogs on leads where requested - resolved to make The Dogs on Leads by Direction (Burnham Beeches) Order 2014 to be applied as proposed.

Schedule 4. Dog exclusion zones - resolved to make The Dogs Exclusion (Burnham Beeches) Order 2014 as proposed. Dogs would be excluded from the area around the café, as currently applied using the existing voluntary agreement.

Schedule 5. Maximum number of dogs per responsible person - resolve to make The Dogs (Specified Maximum) (Burnham Beeches) Order 2014 as proposed.

It was noted that Epping Forest and Commons Committee Members would receive an update from the Superintendent in July 2016 and a full review from the Superintendent in January 2017.  This was to ensure that those who objected could be content that the matter would be closely monitored and speedily amended if required.

The Director informed Members that a letter had been received from the Kennel Club, addressed to the Lord Mayor, stating that in light of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee decision regarding the City of London's dog control orders in Burnham Beeches, the Kennel Club had decided to terminate their agreement with the City of London which was signed by Alderman Robert H Hall in 2011. A response had been sent by the Chairman of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee.

The Deputy Chairman placed on record his disagreement with the decision made by the Epping Forest and Commons Committee regarding Dog Control Orders at Burnham Beeches.