Wyre Forest District Council provides a variety of Planning
and Environmental services. These include:
Planning
The Building Control team is responsible for the administration of the Building Regulations ensuring that construction work meets the requirements of the Building Act 1984.
The Development Control team process planning and other similar applications for development and answer enquiries regarding the need for planning permission. The team also deals with breaches of planning control through its enforcement duties and matters related to trees and hedges.
The Environmental Health and Licensing team protect the health of the community, ensuring a clean and safe environment by monitoring food safety standards, health and safety requirements, pollution control, the control of infectious diseases and the implementation of the statutory licensing regime.
The Forward Planning team set the planning policy ‘blue print’ for the future development of the district. The team are responsible for the Wyre Forest District Local Plan and the new Local Development Framework.
The Council sold all of its housing stock in April 2000 to The Community Housing Group, (a local Housing Association). However, the Council still retains important housing responsibilities as the Local Housing Authority.Environment
Our Environmental service teams will respond
to reports of abandoned vehicles
and stray dogs.
Our
Pest Control Officers will
provide free domestic pest control and the eradication of any pests that are considered to be a threat to public health, for
example rats, mice, fleas, bed bugs and cockroaches.
The Pollution
Control team deal with a variety of pollution complaints including industrial air pollution, noise nusiance and contaminated
land.
The Council operates a weekly kerbside
recycling scheme and a fortnightly domestic
refuse collection services throughout the district.
Regeneration
The Regeneration and Economic Prosperity team work in partnership with public and private stakeholders to deliver effective district-wide regeneration, economic development and sustainable tourism. The team work with partners to help improve the social, environmental and economic wellbeing of the District and to ensure that it is an attractive and prosperous place to live, work and visit.
The Section works in partnership with Stourport Forward and Bewdley Development Trust in managing and implementing funding received from the Market Towns Initiative – a scheme to support the viability and prosperity of these towns.
The Section is also developing the Kidderminster Regeneration Prospectus aimed at highlighting the challenges and opportunities for the town whilst promoting the exciting benefits of Kidderminster to prospective investors. The document will help to provide a blueprint for the future of the town and aims to build on existing partnership work including the Oldington & Foley Park Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder; Horsefair, Broadwaters & Greenhill Partnership; and Kidderminster Town Centre Partnership.
Rural Regeneration is also a key priority and is concerned with safeguarding and enhancing the District’s rural communities and businesses.
The Section also offers support for the District’s businesses and provides a range of free services and advice aimed at supporting and encouraging economic activity.
The Section deals with Tourism and supports the Destination Worcestershire Marketing Partnership in promoting the District as an attractive tourist destination.
Customer Services
The Council has a Customer Services Strategy which sets out how we will deal with our customers. Some teams have more detailed standards for their service which can be found on their respective pages of the website.
