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Dog Control Orders Questionnaire
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This questionnaire seeks your opinions on the introduction of Dog Control Orders. Your input will help inform the Council’s decision on how the Orders are implemented. The Council will only proceed where a case is made, with the results of the consultation being key to determining this. The consultation will run from 1st July to 30th July 2010. |
Dog Control Orders: in brief
The new legislation for dog control orders covers five different offences:
1) failing to remove dog faeces
2) not keeping a dog on a lead
3) not putting, and keeping, a dog on a lead when directed to do so by an authorised officer
4) permitting a dog to enter land from which dogs are excluded
5) taking more than a specified number of dogs onto land
The questionnaire asks for your views on these orders. For further information please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions. Please mark the appropriate boxes and give any additional information you want.
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Order One: Removal of Dog Faeces |
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Thinking about the neighbourhood you live in, how much of a problem, if at all, is dog fouling? |
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How strongly do you agree or disagree that Burnley Council should use enforcement powers to issue a penalty charge if dog owners fail to remove their dog’s mess immediately from all land which is open to air and to which the public are entitled to have access within the Borough of Burnley? |
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Please consider the following list of locations. Do you support or oppose the introduction of Dog Control Orders for dogs to be kept on leads in these areas? This would make it an offence to have a dog off lead in these areas. |
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All cemeteries, crematorium grounds, churchyards and burial grounds |
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All car parks |
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All highways, pavements, pedestrianised areas (e.g. St James Street & Charter Walk, etc) bridleways and rights of way that are not in private ownership |
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Within the marked playing areas of formal grass sports pitches in Towneley, Prairie, Fennyfold, and the recreational grounds in Worsthorne, Hapton and Stoneyholme |
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Bowling Greens |
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In parts of Towneley Park: Barwise picnic area, in the ornamental gardens around Towneley Hall and on the Rabbit Walk (crossing the golf course) |
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In part of Scott Park: in the ornamental entrance to the park near the bowls pavilions, tennis courts and play area |
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In part of Memorial Park: in the ornamental garden around Knight Hill House |
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Order Three: Dogs on Leads by Order
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Do you support or oppose the introduction of Dog Control Orders requiring dogs to be put on leads if directed to by authorised officers in the interest of public safety (this would make it an offence for a person not to put a dog on a lead, and keep it on a lead, when requested to do so by an authorised officer)? |
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Order Four: Dog Exclusion |
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Order Five: Limiting the Number of Dogs Permitted |
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As the Council currently has little evidence that there are problems with people walking large numbers of dogs within the Borough, at this time there are no proposals to introduce an order limiting the number of dogs that can be walked in certain areas. The Council will monitor the situation, and requests your views on the matter as part of this consultation. |
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How much of a problem, if at all, are people walking a large numbers of dogs in the Borough? |
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We ask for this information because different groups of citizens have different needs. This helps us understand our community and respond appropriately! This information will not be used to identify any individual responses.
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To which age group do you belong? |
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If you have a dog, where do you walk it most often? |
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Would you like to be kept informed of the outcome of this consultation? |
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How would you like to be kept informed? |
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If you would like to be kept informed, please provide some contact details so we can get in touch once the consultation has finished. |
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Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire. Where you have indicated, we will notify you of the findings and outcomes as soon as possible. |
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