Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee noted that all Dog Control Orders (DCOs) are in the process of being phased out and replaced by Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs). Any remaining DCOs will automatically be treated as PSPOs from 20th October 2017 – there is no requirement to take any specific action at that stage. However, PSPOs may not have effect for more than three years, unless extended. As the DCOs at Burnham Beeches came into force on 1st December 2014, they must be extended by 30th November 2017, if they are to continue in force. At the January 2017 meeting of this Committee members authorised the Superintendent to consult on extending the effect of the existing DCOs at Burnham Beeches beyond 30th November 2017 as PSPOs.

Members noted the outcome of that recent public consultation exercise. The consultation exercise was conducted in two phases both of which indicate support for extending the existing DCOS as PSPOs until 2020. An iPetition was conducted by local dog walkers that provides alternative proposals. This report seeks your committee’s decision concerning the continued use of the existing DCOs as PSPOs guided by the outcome of the consultation exercise.

The Chairman and Members of the Committee thanked the Superintendent and his team for all of their hard work and an excellent committee report.

Resolved – that Members supported Option 1 as explained within and resolve to extend the effect of the existing DCOs at Burnham Beeches, once they have become PSPOs, for three years from 1st December 2017, and authorise the Comptroller and City Solicitor to make replacement orders.