I've just been looking on direct.gov and surrey county concils websites and I couldn't find anything on the subject - apart from minutes from a meeting on the surrey website saying that it detracted people from an area when then made people keep their dogs on leads.

I think its the thing with children, I don't have any and I hate them in resturants - IF they are baddly behaved (i love my neice- but love it when she goes home!), people that don't have dogs can be unsure of them and so many people don't train their dogs proberly no wonder it seems to them that keeping dogs on lead would keep people and animals safe (i.e.livestock). I'm working hard trainnig my pup of lead, hes fine in woods but in open areas he tends to run a lot more so we are using a 30foot trainning line, and its really working. If only other people would!