2025/26 Garden waste collections

Subscriptions are now open for the 2025/26 garden waste collection service, starting from 1st April.

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Local Plan documents - Green space strategy 2018

This strategy has been prepared to provide the most up to date and effective guidance to direct the work of the city council and its partners in the future.

It has been prepared to accord with national planning policy and to support the delivery of the council’s Stronger Together objectives.

The Green Space Strategy incorporates;

  • an assessment of local needs for green space
  • an audit of existing green space provision
  • new local standards for future green space provision
  • recommendations for prioritising the planning and management of green spaces