We know that the quality of the environment where people live, shop and work is important. Environmental crime and antisocial behaviour can be a blight on our streets and estates. Labour-run Norwich City Council rapidly removes fly-tipping, graffiti and dog fouling when reported by residents, and has invested in proactive initiatives to prevent these from happening in the first place. We will also continue empowering local communities to play their part and have their say on how their neighbourhoods can be further improved.

A Labour City Council will:

1. Build on the council’s Love Norwich campaign, which brings together initiatives to keep our streets and the environment where people live clean and tidy.

2. Use available powers to take action against those who commit environmental crimes such as fly-tipping, including issuing fines proportionate to the severity of the offence.

3. Expand the provision of CCTV cameras to be installed at fly-tipping hotspots and monitor the effectiveness of these to ensure fly-tipping isn’t displaced to other areas.

4. Continue to review bins and bin stores across the city to ensure these are fit for purpose, do not attract fly-tipping, and enable recycling wherever possible.

5. Use the council’s communication channels – including its website, Get Talking Norwich platform and Citizen magazine – to continue informing residents about ways they can report instances of environmental antisocial behaviour, suggest improvements to their local area and join in with community action to enhance their neighbourhood.

6. Reduce waste across the city by encouraging residents and businesses to reuse and recycle.

7. Tackle untidy gardens and other eyesores in local neighbourhoods and invest in our successful Estate Aesthetics programme to deliver improvements across the city.

8. Support existing residents’ and community groups and empower residents to continue to create and sustain democratically constituted new groups to strengthen community working in local areas.

9. Continue to push Norfolk County Council to maintain properly assets such as grass verges and trees on highways land which are their responsibility and can have an impact on the attractiveness of an area.

10. Continue work with businesses to ensure their waste is stored in the correct manner and at the right time to keep the city centre looking tidy during the day.