THIRTY dog bins are set to go up in Toothill and Lawns as part of a pilot scheme.

Councillors decided at a policy commission meeting to make the scheme a reality.

The £5,000 six-month trial will test whether pet owners would use the bins if they were put in place.

The scheme will see 20 bins strategically placed in Toothill and 10 more in the Lawns area. The placing of the bins in Toothill will be decided by the area panel west which meets on Thursday, November 2.

Lawns' three ward councillors will decide together where the bins should be placed in their area as there is no area panel south meeting until mid December and the council wants to launch the pilot within the next six weeks.

If the pilot scheme is successful the council will be looking to install 400 bins in the borough with a cost of £31,450 for installation and a total of £38,450 a year to keep them up and running.

The pilot scheme follows a petition which was handed to the area panel west from pupils at Westlea School in July complaining about the amount of dog muck in the area and asking for the installation of the bins.