East Suffolk Council

Dog Control Public Space Protection Orders

Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO) – Dog Controls

As well as updating controls, PSPOs also provide a more effective and efficient way of dealing with these types of offence through the issue of a Fixed Penalty Notice.

12 Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) were adopted in March 2023

• Exclusion of Dogs from Felixstowe Beach
• Dogs on Leads at Lound Lakes Nature Reserve
• Dogs on Leads, Herringfleet Hills
• Dogs on Leads, Charsfield Churchyard
• Dogs on Corton Beach
• Dogs in Children's Play Areas
• Dogs on Leads on Lowestoft Promenade
• Exclusion of Dogs from Lowestoft Beach
• Dogs on Leads at Carlton Marshes Nature Reserve
• Dog Fouling
• Dogs on Leads on Southwold Promenade
• Exclusion of Dogs from Southwold Beach

6 Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) were adopted in June 2022

• Dogs on leads on Charsfield recreation ground
• Dogs on leads on Martello Park Gardens, Felixstowe
• Dogs on leads on Felixstowe Town Hall Gardens
• Dogs on leads on Felixstowe Seafront Gardens
• Exclusion of dogs from Langer Park children’s play area
• Exclusion of dogs and dogs on leads on defined areas of Thorpeness Beach

3 Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) were adopted in January 2021

• Dogs on Aldeburgh Beach
• Controls and restrictions on Dogs (and other activities) at Landguard Point
• Dogs on Leads (General)