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I, for one, would love to see some pictures of the spaces you describe.
Right click on the image>choose 'copy image location' and then return to the editor and paste the link in the normal way.
Here are the two images:
Fido the council vacuum cleaner
and
Sunrise over the estate.
If dog owners are using the areas at particular times, which does seem to happen, and they can work out when to catch the maximum number of people then it would be worth them getting in touch with the council dog warden. A few fines will quickly get around among dog owners and does seem to alleviate the problem for a week or so. However if it is like us they will find there is one dog warden for the whole borough and you may be lucky to get them once a year.
If the area is covered by community police the too can hand out fines. They simply need to get in touch and let them know.
There are funding pots that can be used to tackle this type of issue. We have recently put in a bid to do some poo flagging, and to produce some leaflets highlighting the dangers and maps of local official dog walking areas. We will again use the community wardens and Southwarks creative team to highlight the issues and to hand out some fines if necessary. The funding will hopefully allow us to get more than enough leaflets so that we can do a similar project six months later. Unfortunately the last date for that funding was last Friday. Other funding happen yearly, including 'Cleaner, Greener, Safer' (CGS) or Joint Security Innitiative (JSI). But as mentioned the most effective way to change things seems to give better definition to the area. Their local councillor should be able to let them know what is available locally if they don't know.
At present educating dog owners is our most effective tool. However we are renegotiating our management agreement and one of the options is to vary tenancy agreements on the estate. One such use we are considering is changing the rules on keeping pets, dogs in particular. Not to stop people from owning dogs, but they are encouraged to be responsible owners. This will also allow us to work towards the RSPCA scheme for landlords.
Earlier today I emailed one of our councillors to ask if we undertook consultation and petitioned the council would they consider putting a dog control order on the estate. This is a very contentious route, however as the main reason for owners bringing a dog onto the estate is so it can use it as a toilet, rather than for exercise I personally don't see a problem with it. However the council may not agree, and I suspect that dog owners will have a lot to say.