LOCAL RESIDENTS ENCOURAGED TO FILL IN COUNCIL SURVEY ASKING IF THE PUBLIC WANT PSPO's FOR OFF-LEAD DOG WALKERS

Friday the 23rd of November is the closing date for the public consultation asking if local residents want a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to be served on dog walkers with dogs off a lead on Telscombe Tye as described in the 3 survey options.

Local residents are being asked to fill in the online survey before the closing date to register if they believe the proposed introduction of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) is a good idea.

Public Space Protection Orders will be introduced if people agree with the options in the survey. Public Space Protection Orders will be not be introduced if people disagree with the proposals.

For each of the proposed options you will be able to:

• Strongly Agree
• Agree
• Disagree
• Strongly Disagree
• Don't know

You can also fill in a comment box after each question to support your answer. Click the button below to fill in the survey:

FILL IN THE SURVEY

Alternatively you can write to us at the following address: PSPO Consultation, Business Planning and Performance, Lewes District Council, Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1AB.


The three options being consulted on are...

Option 1  - Year round but only in the vicinity of sheep

• A person is guilty of an offence if at any time, and without lawful excuse, he or she takes onto, or allows to enter or remain on, Telscombe Tye any dog which is not on a short lead and which is in the vicinity of sheep.

For the purposes of this Order, “short lead” means a lead of fixed length and of not more than two metres.


​Option 2 - Year round

• I. Subject to paragraph II, a person is guilty of an offence if at any time, and without lawful excuse, he or she takes onto, or allows to enter or remain on, Telscombe Tye any dog and fails to keep the dog on a short lead.
• II. A person is not guilty of the offence in paragraph I so long as he or she keeps the dog in sight at all times AND prevents it from approaching sheep. 
• III. A person may not rely on the exception permitted under paragraph II where an authorised officer reasonably requests the person to place the dog on a lead. 

For the purpose of this Order, “short lead” means a lead of fixed length and of not more than two metres and “authorised officer” means an officer authorised by Lewes District Council. 


Option 3 – More lenient dog control

• Any of the options above but replacing “on a short lead” with “on a lead or otherwise under close control” – to mirror the wording of the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953.  This would permit dog walkers to use an extendable lead, or no lead so long as the dog was under “close control”.