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Control Orders

On the 1st February 2008 East Lindsey District Council formally adopted new powers that enabled authorised officers to deal with irresponsible dog owners in the East Lindsey District Council area. The new legislation is split into two sections.

Primary legislation will be enforced by the Councils Dog Warden Services. Secondary legislation has been made on behalf of Parish and Town Councils

Persons failing to comply with secondary legislation can be dealt with by Council Dog Wardens but the legislation may be enforced by locally appointed officers who may issue fixed penalty notices to resolve dog related problems.

The Dog Control Orders this Council have made are,

1) To introduce an order to make it an offence not to remove dog faeces from the following areas:

  • Any public road
  • Any private road to which the public have access (unless the owner of the road declares that he or she does not wish the order to cover it)
  • Any public footpath
  • Any private footpath to which the public have access (unless the owner of the footpath declares that he or she does not wish the order to cover it)
  • Any other land, which is open to the air and to which the public are entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment).

2) To introduce an order to ban dogs from the following area

  • Any enclosed and fenced designated children’s play area within the area of East Lindsey District Council.

3) To introduce seasonal bans

  • To ban dog from 1st May to 30th September on beaches identified on maps contained within this order.

4) Miscellaneous Dog Control Order

  • To make it an offence not to place a dog on a lead when requested by an appropriately authorised officer. This will apply to any public open spaces as identified in (1) above.

The Council intends to issue £75 Fixed Penalty Notices for persons who fail to comply with the above order and anyone who fails to pay a Fixed Penalty Notice may be prosecuted.

Anyone who commits an offence under any of the provisions of the Dog Control Order will be liable on conviction in the Magistrates Court to a fine of up to £1,000.

East Lindsey District Council Dog Control Orders (Secondary Authority Areas)

Notice is hereby given of the intention of East Lindsey District Council to introduce orders pursuant to its powers under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005. (Secondary Authority Areas)

There will be exemptions for blind people with guide dogs and disabled people using trained assistance dogs.

This order will apply to all land detailed below

Alford Town Council

  • No dogs allowed within the Cemetery, Farlesthorpe Road (excluding Cemetery Lodge & Private Garden)

Anderby Parish Council

  • To make it an offence to not put or keep a dog on a lead on Sea Wall path, 270 metres to the south of the pullover at Anderby Creek and in other areas within the Parish of Anderby boundaries, when requested to do so by an officer locally appointed by the Parish Council
  • No dogs allowed on an area of the beach, 270 metres south of pullover at Anderby Creek from 1st May until 30th September in each year

Chapel St Leonards Parish Council

  • Land at rear of Village Hall, Sea Road that is leased by Parish Council for recreational area - No dogs allowed
  • Beach area 400 meters, either side of the main pullover in Chapel St Leonards. No dogs allowed. (Seasonal ban, 1st May to 30th September)

Ingoldmells Parish Council

  • Glebe Park – No dogs allowed
  • Queen Elisabeth Playing Field – No dogs allowed
  • Addlethorpe Cemetery - No dogs allowed
  • Ingoldmells Churchyard - No dogs allowed

Maltby le Marsh Parish Council ·

  • Parish Church yard and Burial ground - No dogs allowed

Skegness Town Council

  • St Mary’s Cemetery – No dogs allowed

The Council or locally authorized officers intend to issue £75 Fixed Penalty Notices for persons who fail to comply with the above order and anyone who fails to pay a Fixed Penalty Notice may be prosecuted.

Anyone who commits an offence under any of the provisions of the Dog Control Order will be liable on conviction in the Magistrates Court to a fine of up to £1,000.

A copy of this order is available free of charge at any East Lindsey District Council office and it is also available to download from the councils website.

The new Dog Control Orders have three seasonal dog exclusion areas. These areas are located at Skegness, Sutton on Sea and Mablethorpe. Maps are available to assist residents and visitors to comply with the new legislation. The Seasonal Dog Exclusion areas run from 1st May - 30th September. Please use the links below to view the maps.