East Cambridgeshire District Council currently has a Dog Fouling Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) which makes it an offence to not clear up after a dog defecates. Failure to comply with a PSPO is an offence which can be dealt with by a fixed penalty notice of £80 or by prosecution. Since the PSPO was created in 2018, East Cambridgeshire District Council has issued 6 fines to owners for not clearing up after their dogs.

The current 3-year PSPO was adopted in 2022, and the council is now considering whether to renew for a further three years until 2028. The council also proposes to increase the penalty charge from £80 to £100, which is the maximum that can be applied. This increase will being the offence of failing to clear up after a dog closer in line with the fixed penalty charges for littering and other environmental crime offences, which can be found in East Cambridgeshire's Environmental Crime Enforcement Policy 2023.

The PSPO applies to all public places with the East Cambridgeshire District, and includes areas previously not covered by the Dog Fouling of Land Act, including common land and roadside verges.