Operational Services
1 year retention period
- All records relating to information about parks in the local area including location, facilities, opening times, events etc.
- All records relating to the provision of general information about waste, recycling and so on.
3 year retention period
- All records relating to the provision of regular collection of household rubbish from all residential premises within the authority boundaries.
- All records relating to the provision of household waste containers.
- All records relating to bulky household waste collections.
- All records to the provision of recycling bags and containers.
- All records relating to the provision of advice and information on trees, woodland and tree-related issues to local organisations and the public.
- All records relating to any assisted refuse collection service provided to residents who, through illness or infirmity, are unable to put out their refuse and do not have anyone else to assist them.
- All records relating to residential recycling collections.
6 year retention period
- All records relating to the management of any vehicles reported as abandoned on local roads or property.
- All records relating to the management of parking permit schemes for residents who keep and use a car, a van or motorcycle on a full-time basis within a controlled parking zone.
- All records relating to the development, implementation and management of car parks which are owned and run by the local authority.
- All records relating to the provision of a regular commercial trade waste collection from local businesses.
- All records relating to the provision of bins for the collection of trade waste.
- All records relating to the special collection of commercial waste.
- All records relating to the provision and management of public conveniences.
- All records relating to the removal of litter from and the sweeping of the streets.
- All records relating to street cleaning.
- All records relating to the cutting of grass on public land.
- All records relating to the maintenance of parks and open spaces.
- All records relating to the management of woodland/forest on council owned land.
- All records relating to the acquisition and disposal of fleet vehicles.
- All records relating to the maintenance of fleet vehicles.
- All records relating to the ownership of fleet vehicles.
- Records relating to permission given to named individuals to host events on publicly owned land.
- Records relating to the management of the process to grant permission to hold events on publicly owned land.
- All records relating to the assessment of complaints in relation to high hedges - on LDC land.
- All records relating to the development, implementation and monitoring of waste reduction programmes.
- All records relating to the removal of abandoned shopping trolleys.
Other retention periods
- List of car parks owned and run by the local authority, their locations and tariffs – dynamic list constantly updated.
- All records relating to the management of Town Centre CCTV – 1 year, if not required for evidential purposes, keep for 31 days prior to reuse or destruction.
- Logbooks and other records relating to the ownership of the fleet vehicles which are passed on to the new owner on disposal – ownership of the vehicle ceases.
Retention period under review
- All records relating to the disposal of publicly owned equipment.
Data not held
Records relating to the administration of the RADAR Key scheme which contain personal information about individual keyholders.