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Agenda, decisions and minutes
Venue: Council Chamber, Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3UY
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Items No. Item Apologies for Absence
Minutes:
None received
Declaration of Interests
Minutes:
Councillor
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Cllr Rogers
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Personal – Member of Charity Committee
Minutes of Last Meeting 30/01/23 & 06/02/23 PDF 98 KB
Additional documents:
Minutes:
RESOLVED – that the minutes of the meeting held on 30th January 2023 and 6th February be approved as a true record.
Notification of Additional Urgent Items
Minutes:
Item 6 - To appoint a Vice-Chair of the Hastings Country Park Management Forum
Reviewing the need for a Dog Control Public Space Protection Order (DC PSPO) PDF 190 KB
(Victoria Conheady - Assistant Director Regeneration and Culture)
Additional documents:
- Appedix 1 Consultation Brief , item 522. PDF 86 KB
- Appendix 2 PSPO_dog_control_sign_A3_2022_WEB_INTERACTIVE_A , item 522. PDF 514 KB
- Appendix 3 PSPO_dog_control_sign_A3_2022_WEB_INTERACTIVE_B , item 522. PDF 483 KB
- Appendix 4 PSPO_dog_control_sign_A3_2022_WEB_INTERACTIVE_C , item 522. PDF 501 KB
- Appendix 5 Copy of Lapsed PSPO for Dog Controls , item 522. PDF 4 MB
- Appendix 6 Gensing Petition , item 522. PDF 45 KB
Decision:
1) Agree the proposed and recommended restrictions for a new Dog Control Public Space Protection Order and authorise the Chief Legal Officer to create this Order to last 3 years, in accordance with regulations published by the Secretary of State.
2) Authorise the Chief Legal Officer to correct any minor drafting errors that may be identified and make minor amendments including deletions and insertions that may be necessary to ensure the ASB PSPO is accurate.
Reasons for Recommendations
1. The Hastings Dog Control PSPO lapsed in June 2020, and a new PSPO is required to enable enforcement to be carried out where needed to address problems like fouling and dogs not being under control.
2. Before making these recommendations, the council gathered views from local people and affected organisations and parties during the public consultation.
Minutes:
The Enforcement Manager explained there are currently no dog PSPO’s as they lapsed in June 2020 during Covid. The new proposed dog control PSPO’s have been out to consultation. There were 835 responses to the consultation with 601 specifically opposing the new restrictions on the beach, 114 advised they felt the old restrictions seemed fair and 74 agreed with the new proposal. The new PSPO’s are based on the previous PSPO’s with some amendments to the beaches and the parks and gardens. Dog exclusion orders will cover fixed equipment playgrounds, and parks with no playgrounds will require dogs to be on leads between 9:00am and 5:00pm in the summer and 10:00am and 16:00pm in the winter. There was a consultation response from the Charity committee asking for restrictions to be in line with the previous PSPO’s with two amendments. These were for the beach at Rock A Nore to be included in the restrictions and for the restrictions to start in April instead of the previous start time of May.
Councillors asked regarding responses from statutory partners. The Enforcement Manager explained that East Sussex County Council had not responded. Sussex Police did respond and support the proposed dog control measures.
The Councillors debated and discussed the need for dog control measures. It was discussed how renewing the Dog control PSPO gave an opportunity to make the PSPO’s clearer and easier to understand. The Councillors discussed that there will be now dog exclusion areas in play parks. The Rock A Nore beach has now been included in the beach exclusion area, but it was noted that the Fisher’s working dogs are allowed. The beach exclusion will now start in April as this is now the start of the summer season.
Councillor Rogers explained that the Dog control PSPO will be reviewed after 12 months and asked for the public to comment on any changes they feel are needed especially regarding the number of dogs one person can walk at once.
Councillor Barnett explained that the orders will need to be created and will hopefully come into place by the summer.
Proposed by Councillor Rogers and seconded by Councillor Willis
RESOLVED (unanimously):
1) Agree the proposed and recommended restrictions for a new Dog Control Public Space Protection Order and authorise the Chief Legal Officer to create this Order to last 3 years, in accordance with regulations published by the Secretary of State.
2) Authorise the Chief Legal Officer to correct any minor drafting errors that may be identified and make minor amendments including deletions and insertions that may be necessary to ensure the ASB PSPO is accurate.
Reasons:
1. The Hastings Dog Control PSPO lapsed in June 2020, and a new PSPO is required to enable enforcement to be carried out where needed to address problems like fouling and dogs not being under ... view the full minutes text for item 522.
Urgent item: To appoint a Vice Chair of the Country Park Management Forum PDF 114 KB
Decision:
Cabinet is asked to appoint a Vice-Chair of the Hastings Country Park Management Forum from amongst the membership of the Forum
Reasons for Recommendations
The Forum requires a Vice-Chair to be appointed to act in the absence of the Chair
Minutes:
The Chief Legal Officer explained a vice chair needs to be appointed for the Hastings Country Park Management Forum. Councillor Willis will be the vice chair of the Hastings Country Park Management Forum.
Proposed by Councillor Barnett and seconded by Councillor Roark
RESOLVED (unanimously):
1) Cabinet appoint Councillor Willis as Vice-Chair of the Hastings Country Park Management Forum.
Reasons
The Forum requires a Vice-Chair to be appointed to act in the absence of the Chair
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