Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces (copy attached).

The Committee received a report of the Director of Open Spaces relative to Dog Control Orders. The report informed the Committee of the City’s recent acquisition of a Designation Order, which enabled the City to make and enforce Dog Control orders outside the Square Mile, which came into force on 31 May 2012.

Members noted that the current intention was to consult on the introduction of one or more Dog Control Orders at Burnham Beeches before determining the way forward for other Open Spaces. In response to a Member’s query, the Director confirmed that it was hoped that a consultation exercise could be held in the near future, and the Dog Control Orders could then be introduced in Burnham Beeches in September 2013.

The Director informed the Committee of new proposals covering anti-social behaviour, which could see Dog Control Orders replaced with a wider form of Order.

RESOLVED: that Members,

i)     note the report and the approach to trialling Dog Control Orders and;

ii)    approve that engagement with the Government on maintaining Secondary Authority status within the proposed new regime for anti-social behaviour can proceed.