Conservation and listed buildings
Protect trees with a Tree Preservation Order
Tree Preservation Orders prohibit the cutting down, uprooting, topping, lopping, wilful damage or wilful destruction of trees without our consent.
Heritage and conservation areas
View information about Blue Plaques, conservation areas, war memorials, listed buildings, and more.
Nominate a building or area as a non-designated heritage asset
Non-designated heritage assets can be buildings, monuments, sites, places, areas and landscapes with significance to the local heritage.
Home improvements
Home improvements, insulation and repairs
You may be able to access help and funding to help you repair or make improvements to your home.
Business waste
Business waste includes waste from premises used for a trade or business, or from a builder or tradesperson you've hired.
Trading Standards
Read our advice before you get home improvements or building work done to help you avoid problems with builders, plumbers or other contractors.
Decision making
Policies, strategies and reviews
We use policy and strategy documents to guide our decisions. We also use them to develop and run our services fairly and consistently.
Councillors and committees
Councillors are responsible for agreeing provision of services and how the council's money is spent.