AN ABERYSTWYTH councillor has called for action to be taken on South Beach as dog fouling gets “out of control”.

Cllr Martin Shewring, one of the representatives of Rheidol ward on the town council has said that Ceredigion council has a “duty of care” to deal with the problem following a number of complaints.

“I get complaints about this every week without fail, but people don’t realise we on the town council have no power over it,” Cllr Shewring said.

“I have been passing on the complaints and urging the county council to act.

“It is a real problem and affects not only local residents but also the tourism the town relies upon.

“It is time to act - nothing is being done.”

A plan to give powers to local PCSOs to enforce fines and warnings for dog fouling in Dyfed-Powys, while mooted by the crime commissioner Christopher Salmon, has yet to come to fruition - with powers of enforcement left to just one officer covering the whole of Ceredigion.

Ceredigion council said that dog fouling enforcement is ‘non-statutory’, and that funding for extra officers is not available.

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