Decision details

2025/26 Garden Waste Collection Charges Increase

Decision Maker: Executive Director Environment, Highways and Community Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

The charge to collect garden waste in the 2025/26 season, starting in March 2025, needs to be approved to enable residents to book and pay for the service prior to it commencing. As a result of customer feedback, the garden waste service will start week commencing 17 March 2025 and run through to week ending 28 November 2025, as opposed to previous years where collections took place from April to mid-December. Therefore, the collection period will move forward by two weeks.

17 March 2025.

Decision:

To increase the charge from £45 per season (March to November) to £47. The change is to reflect increased employee and operational costs.

To enable the new charge to be implemented, to allow residents to book and pay for the
next season of the garden waste collection service.

Alternative options considered:

None.

Publication date: 25/10/2024

Date of decision: 22/10/2024