THE St Ives Town Council meeting due to recommend a plan for allowing – or banning – dogs on beaches had to be postponed last week after a late flurry of activity from people concerned about the issue.
The meeting of the council's environment committee was scheduled to be held on Wednesday, October 17.
But a council spokesperson said: "The consultation generated a significant volume of consultation responses and evidence presented, much of it at the end of the consultation period, and so in the interests of ensuring full and fair consideration to this matter, the meeting was rescheduled."
The rescheduled meeting was due to be held last night after The Cornishman had gone to print.
Advocates for both sides of what has become a stormy debate were due to put their case.
The environment committee were then due to recommend a plan – potentially including a seasonal dog ban from almost all beaches in St Ives and Carbis Bay – to the full council, which meets tonight.
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