The current order expires on Tuesday, October 20 but at a meeting earlier this week councillors on Allerdale's Executive agreed to make a new order which will run for the next three years.

It follows a public consultation on the issue in which more than 95 per cent of respondents said dog fouling had a detrimental impact on the community and 91 per cent of people said it had an impact on their day-to-day lives.

The Council's enforcement team are out in the borough each day educating members of the public and enforcing the rules where we take a zero-tolerance approach.

Residents are reminded to report incidents of dog fouling through the myAllerdale mobile app or through the ‘report it’ section of the Council’s website at https://www.allerdale.gov.uk/en/report/.