Despite announcing they will be tough on residents and visitors to the Borough who fail to clean up after their dog, the Council issued just 19 Fixed Penalty Notices for dog fouling in the past three and a half years.
Figures obtained via a Freedom of Information Request, revealed that so far in 2016 just 5 Fixed Penalty Notices for dog fouling have been issued across the whole borough.
Whilst the total issued across Cheshire East for the previous three years (2013-2015) was just 14.
Cheshire East Council has six community wardens who they say visit Wilmslow, Handforth and Alderley Edge three to four times a week. However, in Wilmslow one FPN was issued in 2013, three in 2014, one in 2015 and none so far this year. Whilst in Alderley Edge and Handforth no fines for dog fouling have been served in this time.
In the past three and a half years the Council has sent five files to their legal team regarding dog fouling owners, of which two were successful in court prosecutions.
A Council spokesperson said "We are currently undertaking a number of campaigns in our borough called "Dog Watch" with an aim to promote the reporting of any witnessed incidents dog fouling and also to encourage dog owners to behaviour in a responsible manner when out and about with their dogs.
"We recognise that the majority of our dog owners behave in a responsible manner, but there are a minority who ruin this for others and do not pick up their dogs mess, leaving not only a unsightly mess but also cause a major health risk to others visiting the area.
"Part of our campaign is to make sure our residents and visitors to our area are aware of how to report dog fouling and also encourage them to do so. As well as engaging local communities to keep a sustainable message out there when are officers are not around. Our officers regularly patrol our hotspot areas, but often are not there when this behaviour takes place, so we rely on members of the community to assist us with this."
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