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Evidence suggests that this is the maximum number of dogs that the average adult could be expected to control at any one time. This PSPO order has been introduced for public safety.

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  • If you are a professional dog walker, you may apply for a professional dog walking licence. However, the maximum number of dogs you can walk at any one time with a professional dog walker’s licence is six. One person will not be able to walk more than six dogs at any one time even with a professional dog walker’s licence.
  • If you are not a professional dog walker, you will need to make alternative arrangements. For example, ensuring there is more than one responsible adult per four dogs or walking dogs on a rota.
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Evidence suggests that the maximum number of dogs that the average adult can safely handle at any one time is four. To obtain a professional dog walker’s licence you/your business must show evidence of adequate insurance, skills and experience to safely walk up to six dogs at any one time.

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No. The Professional Dog Walker licence allows for the walking of five or six dogs at any one time. If you will not walk more than four dogs at any one time, you will not need to obtain a Professional Dog Walker licence.

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A breach of a PSPO without a reasonable excuse is an offence. You will be issued with a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) if you do not comply with the PSPO when asked by an Enforcement Officer, or if you have failed to clean up after your dog. If not paid, you may be prosecuted, for which the maximum penalty is a fine of £1,000.

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The PSPO lasts for three years at which point the council will decide whether to discharge or renew it in consultation with residents. 

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Assistance dog users may be exempt from such prohibitions. Exemption applies to blind people and people with a physical or mental disability who use a dog for assistance, which has been trained to assist a person with a disability.

Assistance Dogs and the Equality Act 2010

The Equality Act 2010 defines an assistance dog as:

(a) a dog which has been trained to guide a blind person;

(b) a dog which has been trained to assist a deaf person;

(c) a dog which has been trained by a prescribed charity to assist a disabled person who has a disability that consists of epilepsy or otherwise affects the person’s mobility, manual dexterity, physical coordination or ability to lift, carry or otherwise move everyday objects;

(d) a dog which has been trained to assist a disabled person who has a disability (other than one falling within paragraph (c)) of a prescribed kind.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission states that assistance dogs:

  • are highly trained
  • will not wander freely around the premises
  • will sit or lie quietly on the floor next to its owner and are trained to go to the toilet on command and so are unlikely to foul in a public place
  • most are instantly recognisable by the harness or identifying dog jacket they wear they wear, although this is not a legal requirement.

Dog walking guide online

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Dog poo should be picked up and put into a dog poo bag and put into any general waste bin on the street or in parks. You must take the dog poo with you and must not leave it somewhere until the end of your walk.  If you cannot find a bin, you must take the dog waste home with you.

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A breach of a PSPO without a reasonable excuse is an offence. You will be issued with a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) if you do not comply with the PSPO when asked by an Enforcement Officer. If not paid, you may be prosecuted, for which the maximum penalty is a fine of £1,000.

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Data Controller and purpose

The information you provide will be used by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets’ contact centre service, to process your telephone interactions. London Borough of Tower Hamlets is the data controller and Wavenet is the data processor for telephone calls.

We process your data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and if you have any concerns the council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted on DPO@towerhamlets.gov.uk.

Condition for processing personal data

It is necessary for us to process your personal data under the GDPR article 6(1)(a) consent.

A delay in you providing the information requested may result in a delay in providing appropriate services.

How long do we keep your information?

We will only hold your information for as long as is required by law and to provide you with the necessary services. Telephone call recordings are retained for 12 months and then the recording is automatically deleted. In order to maintain privacy and confidentiality, the Corporate Contact Centre does not hold conference calls (e.g. talk to a customer and a 3rd party at the same time).

We may also anonymise some personal data you provide to us to ensure that you cannot be identified and use this for statistical analysis of data to allow the council to effectively target and plan the provision of services. 

Information sharing

Your personal information may be shared with internal departments or with external partners and agencies involved in delivering services on our behalf. This may include Council tax, Benefits, Parking and other Council departments.

The council has a duty to protect public funds and may use personal information and data-matching techniques to detect and prevent fraud, and ensure public money is targeted and spent in the most appropriate and cost-effective way. Information may be shared with internal services and external bodies like the Audit Commission, Department for Work and Pensions, other local authorities, HM Revenue and Customs, and the Police.

This activity is carried out under social protection law.

We have a duty to improve the health of the population we serve. To help with this, we use data and information from a range of sources including hospitals to understand more about the nature and causes of disease and ill-health in the area. This data would normally be anonymised and never used to make decisions on a specific individual or family.

The service will process some of the data by computer and may therefore make automated decisions on your case. You can ask for this to be explained to you, please see the ‘your rights’.

Your Rights

You can find out more about your rights on our data protection page and this includes details of your rights about automated decisions, such as the ranking of Housing Applications, and how to complain to the Information Commissioner.

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