The environment around where we live, where we work, where we spend our leisure time is an important part of how we perceive our town. We aim to achieve very high standards of cleansing of public space, in particular by:

• Tougher use of existing enforcement powers to deal with a wide range of problems including fly-tipping, abandoned vehicles, shopping trolleys etc.
• Wider community involvement including volunteer 'litter wardens' to identify problems and 'grot spots', as has been done by other Liberal Democrat councils.
• Council-run skip schemes and estate clean-ups to deal with bulky items and combat fly-tipping.
• A rapid response to remove graffiti.
• Tackling the abandoned car problem by creating cheap facilities for getting rid of cars that have come to the end of their lives.
• The new team of locality managers to be responsible for monitoring litter and other streetcare issues in their area, maintaining standards and involving the community in caring for the neighbourhood.
• Maintain the surface and verges of footpaths and cycle paths to high standards.