At the Full Council meeting on the 14 November members resolved to make the following Dog Control Orders.

The following public notice is to appear in the Cornish Guardian on Friday 7 December.

The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

Notice of a Dog Control Order

Notice is hereby given that the Wadebridge Town Council has made a Dog Control Order under the Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005 to be known as The Dogs on Leads Order No.2012. The Order will come into force on the 7 January 2013.

The Order will make it a criminal offence if the person in charge of a dog does not keep the dog on a lead of not more than 5 metres in length, on land to which this order applies.

The Land to which the Order will apply is Egloshayle Playing Fields, Jubilee Field and Lower Jubilee Car Park and surrounding path.

The Order will allow authorised persons to serve Fixed Penalty Notices on people who breach the Order and potential prosecution of those who fail to pay a Fixed Penalty.

Notice is hereby given that Wadebridge Town Council has made a Dog Control Order under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 to be known as The Dogs Exclusion Order No. 1012. The Order will come into force on 7 January 2013.

The Order will make it a criminal offence for those in charge of a dog to permit the dog to enter, or to remain on, the land to which this order applies.

The Land to which the Order will apply is Egloshayle Cemetery, Egloshayle Children's Play Area, Tennis Courts, Bowling Green, Jubilee Children's Play Area.

The offence will not apply in specified circumstances concerning disabled persons.

A copy of the Order and a map showing the land affected by the Order may be inspected free of charge on the Parish Council's webside (please go to www.wadebridge-tc.gov.uk)

Alternatively, copies may be requested by post from The Town Clerk, Wadebridge Town Council, THe Town Hall, The Platt, Wadebridge PL27 7AQ or by e-mail to townclerk@wadebridge-tc.gov.uk

Resources:

For a copy of the existing byelaw that came into force on 1st May 1995, please see below:

PDF Composite Byelaw-Dog Ban, 'Poop-Scoop' and Dogs on Leads Byelaws for Pleasure Grounds and Open Spaces 1995 (PDF)