Borough of Telford & Wrekin

Environment and planning

How the council maintains and improves the local built and natural environment to ensure that Telford remains an attractive place to live and work.
Aerial View of the Ironbridge Gorge

We want to achieve a balance between the need to encourage sustainable development whilst at the same time preserving and enhancing the quality of our attractive countryside, historic buildings and wildlife areas.

We provide a number of services dedicated to environmental protection, including waste collection and disposal and the conservation of our built and natural environment.

We aim to ensure that we promote and deliver high quality development that provides well designed places to live and work with the services and facilities that people need. Our environmental and planning services work to safeguard our environment from the threats of poor air quality, noise, heavy traffic, and inappropriate development, as well as providing a co-ordinated framework for individual development decisions to create new homes and employment.

You will find lots of useful information on these pages, including advice on planning applications, food safety and consumer issues as well as animal welfare and pest control.

We are responsible for:

Abandoned vehicles

Guidance on how to report an abandoned vehicle.

Building control
Advice and information on building control, the checking of building regulation applications, inspecting work on site and dealing with the contravention of building regulations, the conservation of fuel and power, dangerous structures, demolitions and safety at sports grounds.

Environmental health
Advice on environmental protection, food safety, workplace safety and public health issues.

Maintaining the Environment
Information on services provided to help maintain and improve the borough of Telford & Wrekin such as street cleaning, grass cutting and the removal of fly tips.

Parks and open spaces
Information on the parks and open spaces that the council manage including Telford Town Park.

Planning
Advice and guidance on making a planning application and a link to the Planning Portal. Information on developments within the borough and the Local Development Framework.

Recycling and rubbish
Information on recycling, green bin and refuse collections, community recycling centres, waste minimisation and general recycling topics.

Regeneration
Information on the council's regeneration projects including the Woodside Project and the Town Centre Redevelopment.

Sustainability and natural environment
Information on how the council reduces it's environmental impact.



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Please note - Some documents published before 1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact numbers.
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For up to date contact numbers please refer to the Guide to Council Services.