Environmental Protection

Sustainable Development

These pages will tell you about the local environment, and the role we all play in protecting it. Sooner or later a damaged environment will hold back economic growth and lower the quality of life for everyone.

Sustainable development is about strong economic growth and community development, which protects and improves the borough's environment.

What is sustainable development?|

Sustainable development is about making sure that there is a better quality of life for everyone, now and for the future. You can read about the history of sustainable development here.

Our aims towards achieving sustainable development|

We will work alongside residents, businesses, society and the government to develop all our futures. Our Environmental Policy ( PDF 103K) was signed by council leaders in May 2002 and commits us to protecting the environment and making provision for the future.