Tough new rules for dog owners in Adur following a number of complaints
Punishments include fines of up to £1,000 and criminal records for rule-breakers
Rules for dog owners in Adur could be about to get stricter.
Adur District Council is set to approve new rules for dog owners which could see fines of up to £1,000 and criminal records for those who don’t comply.
The district’s existing dog Public Space Protection Orders, or PSPOs, are also set to be extended until 2025.
Nearly 250 people responded to a public consultation with more than half saying they had witnessed dog-related anti-social behaviour like dog fouling, dogs off of the lead, and dogs where they shouldn’t be.
Concerns were also raised about a perceived lack of enforcement.
If passed by ADC’s full council, new rules would include: requiring dogs to be on leads along the footpath beside Adur Riverbank and Adur Ferry Bridge; banning dogs from Lancing Beach Green play area and skate park; and requiring owners to give their full name, date of birth, and address if they’re investigated for breaching any of the rules.
Walking more than six dogs at a time in public areas would continue to be banned.
If the rules are extended until 2025, dogs will continue to be banned from the following areas:
All enclosed children’s play areas
Play areas in Monks Recreation Ground, Lancing
Shadwells Open Space play area, Lancing
Croshaw Recreation Ground play area, Lancing
Play and sports areas at Lancing Manor
Some areas of East Lancing Recreation Ground
Elm Grove play area, Lancing
Larkfield Recreation Ground, Lancing
Parklands Open Space play area, Shoreham
Sea Spray Avenue play area, Shoreham
The Meads play area, Shoreham
Shoreham Beach Green play area
Adur Memorial Recreation Ground play area, Shoreham
Buckingham Park play and sports areas, Shoreham
Middle Road Recreation Ground play area, Shoreham
Quayside play area, Southwick
Cromleigh Recreation Ground play area, Southwick
Mile Oak play area, Southwick
Southwick Green play area
Areas of Southwick Recreation Ground
Sompting Recreation Ground play area
Hamble Recreation Ground play area, Sompting
Halewick Park play area, Sompting
Fishersgate Recreation Ground play area
Dogs would also need to continue to be on leads in the following areas:
Public streets
Allotments
Car parks
Cemeteries and closed churchyards
Mill Lane Cemetery, Shoreham
St Julian’s Church and churchyard, Shoreham
St Mary’s Church, Shoreham
St Michael and All Angels Church, Shoreham
St Nicolas Churchyard, Shoreham
The Meads Allotments, Shoreham
Williams Road Allotments, Shoreham
Cemetery Allotments, Mill Lane, Shoreham
Ham Skate Park, Shoreham
Hamfield Allotments, Shoreham
Middle Road Allotments, Shoreham
Milton Drive Allotments, Southwick
The Pylons Allotments, Southwick
Highdown Allotments, Southwick
Hillview Allotments, Southwick
Irene Avenue Allotments, Southwick
Manor Hall Road Allotments, Southwick
Southwick Cemetery
St James The Less cemetery and church grounds, Sompting
Halewick Lane Allotments, Sompting
Lancing and Sompting Cemetery
Widewater Lagoon Nature Reserve, Lancing
Lancing Manor Allotments
Rules for dog owners are set to be discussed by ADC’s joint strategic sub-committee on Thursday (29 September).
More information can be found here