Kettering Borough: Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order - Review
Give your views on the renewal of Kettering Borough's dog control PSPO.
Kettering Borough Council is currently reviewing its Dog Control Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), which currently applies across the borough of Kettering, and would like your views.
An extension is now proposed for a further three years. There are no proposed changes to the present order. More information about the PSPO can be found at www.kettering.gov.uk/dogpspo
What is the PSPO? Public Spaces Protection Orders were created by the 2014 Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act to deal with any nuisances or problems in a particular area that affects the local community’s quality of life.
The current dog control PSPO includes the following offences, which we propose to keep:
Failure to pick up after a dog
Requiring dogs to be placed on leads in eight cemeteries (Burton Latimer, Broughton, Kettering London Road, Pytchley, Rothwell, Kettering Rothwell Road, Cransley and Desborough) and in the following designated areas (Manor House Gardens, Garden of Rest, Parish Church Yard and Jubilee Garden, Market Place and Municipal Gardens).
Failure to put a dog on a lead after being instructed to do so by an authorised officer.
Excluding dogs from specifically fenced in or enclosed children’s playgrounds
Restricting dogs walked by one person to no more than 6 dogs on a lead at any one time.
