Issue - meetings

This report provides members of the Nonsuch Park Joint Management Committee with the outcome of the Byelaw and Dog Control Working Party meeting and proposes a consultation exercise to gauge public opinion on a proposal to launch a pilot licencing scheme to regulate commercial dog walking in Nonsuch Park.

The Committee receieved a report providing the outcome of the Byelaw and Dog Control Working Party meeting and proposing a consultation exercise to gauge public opinion on a proposal to launch a pilot licensing scheme to regulate commercial dog walking in Nonsuch Park.

The following matters were considered by the Committee:

a)            Electric bikes in the Park: A Member enquired as to how the use of illegally modified electric bikes in the Park is policed. The Streetcare Manager subsequently noted that the row of information on in the Park was missing from the table at the report’s appendix – she confirmed that she would circulate the information to Members after the meeting. She explained that there is Police presence in the Park, but policing the use of electric bikes is heavily reliant on people reporting incidents.

b)            Scattering/Burying of Ashes in the Park: A Member enquired as to whether there were any byelaws that control the Scattering/Burying of Ashes in the Park. The Streetcare Manager that there were no byelaws on the matter, but confirmed that a report on Cremated Remains Policy would be brought to the next meeting of the Committee in October.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)          Note the outcome of the Byelaw and Dog Control Working Party

(2)          Agree to keep the existing byelaws but explore further measures to regulate the use of drones and commercial dog walking in the Park.

(3)          Agree to actively promote the Civil Aviation Drone and Model Aircraft Code.

(4)          Agree to carry out a six-week local consultation exercise to gauge public opinion on a proposal to introduce a pilot licencing scheme to regulate commercial dog walking in Nonsuch Park.

(5)          To delegate the collation of consultation responses to Officers and the decision to commence the pilot scheme to the Chair and Clerk as set out in the timetable in paragraph 2.13 of the report