Environment and planning

In this section:

• Animal welfare
  Enforcing laws regarding the health and welfare of non domestic animals, the control of dogs and animal licences
• Building control
  You must submit an application if work you propose is classed as building work
• Countryside
  Nature conservation is the protection and enhancement of wildlife and wild places
• Environmental health
  Environmental health services and advice offered by the council
• Parks and open spaces
  Facilities and locations of parks, gardens, rivers, lakes, allotments and nature reserves in York
• Planning
  Planning advice and guidance, applications, appeals and major developments
• Pollution
  Air pollution, asbestos, contaminated land and noise
• Rubbish, waste and recycling
  We provide a wide range of waste and recycling services, including household refuse and kerbside recycling collections, garden waste collections, recycling banks, household waste recycling centres and commercial waste collections
• Sustainability in York
  Air pollution, energy efficiency, reducing waste and private water supply sampling