I currently own and live in an upstairs flat. The downstairs property is privately let and the current tenants have turned the front garden into a swamp filled with dog excrement. I cannot open my front windows because of this. The local council cannot enforce the dog fouling law as this is classified as private land.

I am campaigning for a change in this law to allow councils to enforce the dog fouling law if you live in a residential area you must pick up after your dog when it poos whether it is private land or not. This is affecting my mental and physical health. Its also an environment risk attracting vermin and airborne bacteria from the poo can affect other residents health and well-being. This will also affect the value of the property as it stands I am unable to sell this property if I choose as the state of the front garden would definitely affect this. This is a breech of basic human rights to live in a clean environment. We all have the right to live in a clean environment. I am being forced to live in squalor and filth