1. Dog fouling: Dog walkers must immediately remove their dog’s faeces from land within Tower Hamlets that is open and accessible to the public.
2. Dog exclusion order: Dogs must not enter the following areas:
- Gated children’s playgrounds
- Gated sports area such as sports courts, multi-use games areas, tennis courts
These are spaces within a park, open space or housing estate and which are fully or substantially enclosed and set apart for the use by children as a playground or other area for play or for sporting activities.
3. Dogs on leads order: Dogs must be on a lead on:
- Roads
- pavements
- car parks
- estate roads and communal areas on estates
4. Dogs on leads by direction order: Authorised council officers have the power to request that dogs are put on leads where they are not under the appropriate control of their owner, or where they are causing damage or acting aggressively.
5. Dog limit: It is an offence for any one person to have more than four dogs under their control at any given time.
Failure to comply with any of these requirements is a criminal offence.
The full dog control PSPO can be found on the council’s website.