If you go here: KC Dog success in Isle of Wight - The Kennel Club on the Kennel Club website they have a group called KC Dog' that lets people in dogs know of such restrictions being proposed so people in the areas can raise objections. The Consultation notices are usually posted in local papers and often people don't read them until too late.

They also post the details of the councils consulting to the weekly Dog Papers (Our Dogs and Dog World).