RESIDENTS throughout Pendle are set to have their say on proposals to clamp down on anti-social behaviour in the borough.

Public space protection orders were first put forward by Pendle Council last summer, with the ambitious plans aiming to curb on-street drinking, begging and nuisance dog orders.

Wider proposals have now been put forward, which are due to go out for formal public consultation after they are discussed by councillors.

An online survey is proposed to gauge public opinion.

The new orders would potentially cover town centres, parks and playgrounds.

Dog walkers could be required by officials to show they have a receptacle to pick up and properly dispose of the fouling their dog may produce.

Shouting, singing, playing a musical instrument or playing a radio, to a degree thought likely to be a nuisance, would also be banned.

Climbing a wall or fence would also be proscribed, as would throwing any object likely to cause injury. Stepping on any frozen waterway would also be outlawed.

Council leader Coun Mohammed Iqbal said initial public response since the ideas were first floated had revealed most people in Pendle backed the proposals.

Coun Iqbal said: “We consulted on this far and wide. Now we need a local input so we get these orders right before we roll them out.

“On the whole most people I have spoken to welcome them. Most people in Pendle are quite responsible but unfortunately there is a small minority that does not behave well and it is to tackle them that we have had to take this approach.”

The proposals would also enable council and police officers to require dog owners to put their pet on a lead if there are concerns for others.

Officers would enforce what are currently by-laws through fixed penalties rather than through prosecution.

Lib Dem leader Coun Tony Greaves said most of what is proposed, which could be adapted according to specific local needs, was intended to replace existing by-laws.

He said he hoped the plans would strike a balance between personal freedom and public responsibility.

“That is why we are listening very carefully to the responses that come in.”