Dog walkers are reminded that two Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) will likely be enforced at Aberavon Beach from Wednesday 1st May 2024. These orders exclude dogs from sure areas of the seashore and require dogs to be stored on a lead when on the Promenade. The enforcement interval extends till September thirtieth, 2024.
Under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, a breach of those PSPOs is an offence, which will be handled by:
- The problem of a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN) of £75 (fee of this FPN discharges the legal responsibility to prosecution).
- Prosecution (which can result in a courtroom superb of as much as £1,000)
One PSPO prohibits dogs being taken onto Aberavon Beach and its foreshore together with the ocean defences and/or any slope or staircase main onto the seashore mendacity between the breakwater at its south-eastern finish and the japanese facet of the final set of steps on the promenade to the west.
The different PSPO requires dogs to be on a lead always when on the seashore promenade.
Dogs are allowed to be taken on the a part of seashore close to Scarlett Avenue, which will be accessed through the final set of steps on the Promenade or the small seashore in entrance of Mariners Quay.
