Annual Plan for 2023/24

Enhancing our environment

Ensure our district is clean and well maintained with high quality parks and green spaces
Encourage others to change their behaviour to protect and enhance the environment
Minimise pollution by promoting sustainable energy sources, construction and transport
Ensure Braintree District Council reduces its own environmental impact and be carbon neutral where practical by 2030
Support residents and businesses to reduce, re-use and recycle

Enhance biodiversity by refurbishing the wildlife garden in Halstead Public Gardens
Improve the facilities in our skate parks at Weavers Park in Braintree and Spa Road in Witham
Deliver improvements to the recreation ground at Ramsey Road, Halstead
Respond to the requirements of the Environmental Act 2021 in relation to air quality, biodiversity, water and waste reduction
Protect our communities by implementing the requirements of Martyn’s Law
Deliver campaigns and work with our communities to
- Report litter offenders who throw litter from their vehicles
- Minimise food waste to help households save money and avoid unnecessary waste
- Improve awareness and understanding of climate change

Deliver projects in our Climate Change Action Plan to contribute to our long term aims of being a carbon neutral district such as working with communities and businesses to build climate resilience, developing baseline data for a tree strategy, piloting the ECC green accreditation scheme (before rolling out to businesses) whilst continuing to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels
Develop opportunities for increasing the renewable energy and fuel security within the district
Increase biodiversity and the attractiveness of the district by re-wilding open spaces and wild seed highway verges
As part of a two-year safer streets programme, tackle enviro crime in the focused area of Witham