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City Of York Council

Transport and Streets Section

Street care and cleaning

Street care and cleaningFind out what you can do if you have problems in your street such as flytipping and graffiti


Dog fouling
In most areas of York you can be fined up to £1000, plus the costs of the prosecution, if you do not clean up after your dog
Drains and sewerage
Includes information about drain clearing
Environmental projects and campaigns
York will be bursting with blooms this year as the city bids to win the title of ‘Yorkshire City in Bloom’
Flyposting
Flyposting is the unauthorised display of an advertisement. We can serve notice on those displaying or causing a flyposter to be displayed to remove it within 48 hours
Flytipping
If you see someone flytipping contact us with the exact details of where it occurred, what you saw and the vehicle registration
Graffiti
Let us know about graffiti so we can investigate the issue and keep you up to date with progress of its removal
Grass cutting
We arrange grounds maintenance and grass cutting services across most of the city including highway verges and housing communal areas
Litter
Report litter on pavements, overflowing bins, dumped rubbish or any other litter problems
Public conveniences
Opening times and facilities of public toilets in York and information about RADAR keys
Spillages on roads
Let us know if someone is actively pouring items on to the road
Street cleaning programme
The cleansing of council owned or adopted streets, car parks, gullies and other land by mechanical or manual methods
Street Environment Officers
Your officer will be able to help you with a range of issues
York Pride
Report problems in your street to York Pride Action Line

Features

Street cleaning

Changes have taken place to how we clean and improve the streets of York

Contact

York Customer Centre
tel: (01904) 551551
email: comments
@york.gov.uk