Readers may well already be aware by Public Notice published in
The Bath Chronicle newspaper, that B&NES Council invited residents to
comment on the above.
We have now been advised that the Consultation has been CANCELLED
for the time being.
However, as the Consultation may be
resurrected, readers may wish to see what was proposed and prepare any comments
for submission at a later date. Full details of the Orders were
published on page 87 of The Chronicle newspaper dated 26th January
2012.
Details of the Consultation Documents were
obtained from the Council's website, but, they have now been
removed, due no doubt to the cancellation of the Consultation. Other
information is still available on this site, to link to this please click here.
We have already spent some time
investigating how the Orders would have affected users of the Newbridge Village
Green and, we give below a brief resume of same.
Order 1
The Fouling of Land by Dogs [Bath and
North East Somerset] Order 2012.
This Order would have applied to the Newbridge Meadows Village Green.
All dog faeces to be removed by person in
charge of a dog.
Order 2
The Dogs on Leads [Bath and North East Somerset] Order 2012.
Would not have applied to
the Newbridge Meadows Village Green - Area not shown
in the Schedule.
Order 3
The Dogs on Leads by Direction [Bath and
North East Somerset] Order 2012.
This Order would have applied
to the Newbridge Meadows Village Green.
It will be an Offence for any person in
charge of a Dog to fail to put and keep the Dog on a Lead of not more than 4
metres in length, when directed to do so by an authorised officer of the
Council……….
The Registration of the Newbridge Meadows
Village Green was obtained partly on the fact that for many generations people
have been able to exercise their Dogs by letting them have free run of the area
without the use of a Lead.
Having just won the right to continue
exercising Dogs in this manner by way of the Registration of the area as a
Village Green, any restriction by way of Leads would not satisfy
the Registration of the area.
This Order should not apply
to the Village Green but, by the original proposed Order, it would do so.
Order 4
The Dogs Exclusion [Bath and North East
Somerset] Order 2012.
This Order would not have
applied to the Newbridge Meadows Village Green - not shown
in the schedule.
Order 5
The Dogs Specified Maximum [Bath and North
East Somerset] Order 2012.
This Order would have applied
to the Newbridge Meadows Village Green.
It will be an Offence for any person in
charge of more than six dogs.
This information was obtained from the
Council’s website (please see link above) and, has been confirmed as
correct by the Council’s Senior Environmental Health Officer.
The closing time and date for making
representations to the Dog Control Orders department, would have been midnight
on the 23rd February 2012 but, as stated above, the
consultation has been CANCELLED, due we understand to the vast number of
objections to the Orders, already received by the Council.
We will of course advise you further should
the Consultation be reinstated.
