RESIDENTS are being asked to have their say on proposed dog control measures which could be extended across Flintshire.

Flintshire Council is to consult on extending the current Dog Control PSPO as required by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

The current prohibitions, which the council propose be extended for another three years, require dog owners to:

  • Remove their dog’s waste immediately from the ground at all public locations
  • Put their dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer (applies to any public land where a dog is considered to be out of control or causing alarm and distress)
  • Keep dogs on leads within cemeteries
  • Have a means on their person to collect dog waste from the ground if asked by an authorised officer.

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Dogs would also be excluded from entering enclosed children's play areas, the playing areas of marked sports pitches, the playing area of specific sporting or recreational facilities and school grounds.

In addition, as a result of reports of dogs not being properly controlled at the footpath around The Rosie, Wepre Park, Connahs Quay and Mold Memorial Gardens, Maes Bodlonfa, Mold the council is also consulting on either banning dogs or requiring dogs to be kept on a lead at all times at these sites.

Any breaches of the above would result in the issuing of a fixed penalty notice to the person responsible for the dog.

The consultation will take place from Monday, June 5, to Friday, July 14.

More information, including a list of potential sites where the prohibitions would be enforced, can be found on the council’s website.