Environmental Services is one of the Council's key providers of front line services. It comprises a diverse range of services including Waste, Transport, Public Protection, Neighbourhood Services, Highways and Parking. Services are linked by a common approach to provision of quality and work closely with other Council departments to achieve this.
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Service Name |
Service Responsibilities |
Service Scope |
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Neighbourhood
Services |
Parks & Green Spaces
Bereavement Services, Incl,
Enforcement of burial & cremation,
Management of open & closed burial grounds
Neighbourhood Environment Services, Incl,
Environmental Protection and nuisance,
Environment Improvement,
Cleansing,
Grounds maintenance
Dog warden Service |
Serving population
c172,000 (plus visitors)
249 hectares of Parks,
gardens, green and public
spaces maintained,
including 9 formal parks
and gardens.
3 bowling greens
2 golf courses
Floral displays
20 allotment sites
(c.1072 plots)
50 children's play areas
2 sports fields (36 pitches)
and grounds
Inspection and
maintenance of 24,000
trees and 9 hectares of
woodland
Outdoor events and
activities
1103 kms of roads,
1900 kms of footpaths
4,700 pest control
treatments completed
Noise nuisance
Contaminated land
Graffiti removal
Fly tipping
Abandoned vehicles
2000 cremations per year
500 burials |
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Highways |
Highway Maintenance
Street Lighting
Traffic Signalling
Public Rights of Way |
1103 kms of road
300 bridges / structures
14000 streetlights
20000 drainage gullies
1900 kms of footways and
public footpaths
37 km of cycle ways
25 zebra and 54 pelican
crossings |
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Parking Services |
Infrastructure for on and
off street car parking,
Parking enforcement,
Parking enforcement
appeals,
Parking permits,
Parking restriction
signage,
Traffic regulation order
implementation,
Disabled parking provision,
Temporary road closures,
Streetscene ambassadorial and customer access
contribution |
Circa 2 million users pa
53 car parks
5054 parking spaces
3 park and ride sites with
1938 spaces
5000 permits per year
38,000 PCNs per year
2,500 blue badges per
year
Cash collection |
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Transport Operations |
Fleet Management,
Home to school transport,
Social Services transport,
In house transport services,
Vehicle maintenance,
Fleet management |
Management of 240
vehicles
Movement of 3000 HTST
and Social Services
clients daily
Management of circa 50
contractors
Delivery of 342,000 meals
pa |
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Waste Management |
Waste reduction,
Waste recycling &
organics collection,
Waste transfer,
treatment and disposal
Waste strategy,
Education &
awareness |
Serving population
c172,000
1256 trade customers
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Public Protection
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Health, Safety & Food,
Environmental Monitoring
& Licensing,
Trading Standards
|
Serving population
circa 172,000
c780 businesses issued
with premises licenses
c1000 personal licenses
c800 other licenses,
permits, registrations etc
c1000 licenses issued
for taxi vehicles and
drivers
c3000 premises inspected
for Health & Safety at work
c1600 food premises
inspected
c5,500 premises inspected
for trading standards and
animal welfare
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Other pages in this section:
Environmental Services management structure
Environmental Services aims & performance
Survey results
Service charters
Individual Service contact details