A PETITION has been launched by frustrated dog owners over a ban on exercising dogs off the lead which is set to be enforced from next month. The Lyme Regis Loving Dog Owners, Visitors & Friends Facebook group is asking Dorset Council not to use a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) from January 1 to enforce a new blanket ban on exercising dogs off the lead on certain beaches in the county. This includes the Front sandy beach at Lyme Regis - which the group believes to be the only safe and accessible beach in the town. The group will be presenting a 9,000 signature petition to the council signed by both residents and visitors asking for restrictions not to be imposed using the PSPO. The group is also planning an appeal to the Lyme Regis Town Council, as landowners of the sandy beach, should the Dorset Council decline their appeal.
A PETITION has been launched by frustrated dog owners over a ban on exercising dogs off the lead which is set to be enforced from next month. The Lyme Regis Loving Dog Owners, Visitors & Friends Facebook group is asking Dorset Council not to use a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) from January 1 to enforce a new blanket ban on exercising dogs off the lead on certain beaches in the county. This includes the Front sandy beach at Lyme Regis - which the group believes to be the only safe and accessible beach in the town. The group will be presenting a 9,000 signature petition to the council signed by both residents and visitors asking for restrictions not to be imposed using the PSPO. The group is also planning an appeal to the Lyme Regis Town Council, as landowners of the sandy beach, should the Dorset Council decline their appeal.