Our District is one of the most attractive and historic parts of Essex.  The majority of the District is rural with high quality landscape, green spaces, over 3,000 listed buildings and 39 conservation areas.  Consultations show that our environment is very important to us in making somewhere a good place to live.

The Community Priorities for this Theme have been assessed through research and consultation to help address these issues for the District.

The Community Priorities are:

• To reduce the amount of waste being land-filled by reducing waste and increasing the amount of recycling and composting
• To ensure high standards of cleanliness and to maintain the appearance of the District
• To protect and enhance its biodiversity
• To respond to climate change
• To reduce our carbon footprints

We are working towards achieving these priorities in a variety of ways and will monitor progress using national and local indicators and regular progress reports to the LSP’s Steering Group.