Environment and Planning

Charnwood Borough Council is committed to exploring ways of improving the sustainability of our town and providing a safe and healthy environment for the present and future. The pages within this section explain how we look after Charnwood's environment and manage planning issues for the borough.  You can search for planning applications using Planning Explorer (click on the Icon), report problems in your area and get advice on reducing your carbon footprint.

The main sections contained within this area of the site are detailed below:

Environment

• Cleaner Greener Streets - everything you need to know about street cleaning including dealing with abandoned vehicles, removal of dog waste, litter & fly-tipping
• Environmental Health - covering food safety, health & safety, pest control & animal welfare.

• Environmental Protection - covering air quality, noise pollution, industiral processes and contaminated land.
• Landscaping, Trees & Biodiversity - specialist advice to ensure the protection of the Borough’s best amenity trees and to conserve and enhance the Borough’s distinctive landscape character and its rich and varied biodiversity.
• Parks & Open Spaces - Information about the Parks & Open Spaces throughout the Borough.
• Recycling and Refuse - everthing you need to know about recycling and refuse services
• Sustainable Living - Information and advice about matter relating to sustainable living including information about the Council's plans, policies and strategies all contributing to sustainable development.

Planning

• Planning and Development Services  - everything you might need relating to planning & conservation matters including searching for planning applications.

• Building Control - everything you need relating to building control regulations.
• Conservation & Design advice and guidance to ensure the well being, preservation and enhancement of the built heritage of the Borough including information about listed buildings & conservation areas.

To access all the other web pages with links to Environment & Planning Services, follow the links within the Green Navigation Panel at the side of this page.