Decision details

Garden Waste Service Price 2025-26

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Place Services

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

That a 3% increase be applied to the garden waste service price for 2025-26.

 

This will set the garden waste price at £71.50 for the 2025-26 service year.

 

Reasons for the decision:

To cover the increased costs of delivering the garden waste service.

 

 

Alternative Options:

Four other options were considered and rejected. These were:

 

1)            Apply a 0% price increase

2)            Apply a 1.5% price increase

3)            Apply a 2.5% price increase

4)            Apply a 5% price increase

 

 

Consultees:

Gemma Clinton, Head of Commercial Waste & Strategy

Jan Britton, Executive Director for Place

 

 

Budget Implications:

Commercially sensitive

 

 

Legal Implications:

No legal implications identified.

 

 

Conflicts of interest:

No conflicts of interest declared.

 

Publication date: 31/10/2024

Date of decision: 29/10/2024