FI16630
Request
Please provide the following information broken down by each of the past three full calendar years.
1: The number of PSPOs issued
2. Where PSPOs were issued, the brief details of those orders
3. The number of fines issued under PSPOs
4. Details of each fines issued and the fine amount
5. The number of prosecutions brought for breaches of PSPOs.
Response
1. One on 29 July 2025.
2. This information is available on the Council’s website at Public-Spaces-Protection-Order-Dover-District-Council-2025.pdf.
3. As follows:
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Part of PSPO
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Number of FPNs per calendar year
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2025
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2024
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2023
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Part 1 - Failure to remove dog faces forthwith
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0
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1
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3
|
|
Part 2 - Failing to place a dog on a lead when requested to do so by an authorised officer
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0
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0
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0
|
|
Part 3 - Being in charge of a dog off the lead in a designated dogs on lead area
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1
|
1
|
19
|
|
Part 4 - Being in charge of a dog within a designated dog exclusion area
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
|
Part 5 - Street Drinking
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1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Part 6 - Unauthorised Camping
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0
|
0
|
0
|
4. Failure to comply with our PSPO is punishable by a fixed penalty notice (FPN) of £100 and or prosecution under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime & Policing Act 2014 which can result in a maximum penalty of £1,000 at magistrate’s court.
5. As follows:
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Calendar year
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No. prosecutions for breach of PSPO
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2023
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2
|
|
2024
|
2
|
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2025
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0
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