Council Votes to Give Dogs a Break
30 August 2007
Penwith District Council voted on the 29th of August to implement a new dog control regime that is less restrictive that the current one but which is more likely to be enforced.
The new rules restrict dogs on certain beaches (the same ones as before) from May 1st to September 30th. Previously this was from Easter to October 1st. Easter sometimes falls in the middle of March and there are rarely many beach goers between the Easter holiday and the first of May.
The big news is that the ban is only in place from 8am to 7pm each day.
DEFRA guidelines stated that if the Council could not enforce a ban it should not be in place. Since PDC does not have a night enforcement crew it made sense to allow dogs during the evening and night period. It is still mandatory to pick up after your dog and stronger enforcement is now available under the new Dog Control Orders – including fixed penalties.
The new rules will go into effect next year.
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