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Environment Committee

The Environment Committee’s aim is to produce the best environment for the residents of Workington. This includes maintaining some of the town's parks, open spaces and planted features, managing allotment sites and the restoration of back lanes (in liaison with Cumberland Council). The Committee also works alongside Cumberland Council to deliver the Workington Nature Partnership. The partnership oversees the conservation of designated landscapes and nature reserves and promotes and enables outdoor learning with the local community.

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The Environment Committee oversees the Workington in Bloom Working Group, to authorise funding for entries and prepare Workington’s application into the Cumbria in Bloom competition.

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The Environment Committee oversees the Allotments working group.

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The Chair of the Committee sits on the Nature Partnership Steering Group, along with the Town Clerk.

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​The Chair of the Environment Committee is Cllr Michael Heaslip.

The Vice Chair is Cllr Bernadette Jones. 

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Other members of this committee are:  Cllr Beth Dixon, Cllr Susan Martin, Cllr Sue Fryer, Cllr Allan Hodgson,

Cllr Mary Bainbridge, Cllr Jackie Kirkbride, Cllr Hillary Harrington & Cllr Lynda Williams.   

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Minutes published here remain draft until approved by the next available meeting. 

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Viewing on a mobile device will show only recent documents. Please visit the desktop version of our website to view an archive of agendas and minutes.

NEXT MEETING: Thursday 11th January 2024 at 7pm.
Location:  Workington Town Council Community Centre, Princess Street, CA14 2QG.

To express an interest in attending this meeting, or to submit a questions, please e-mail office@workingtontowncouncil.gov.uk or call 01900 702986. 

11 OCTOBER 2023

Minutes to be added

6 JULY 2023

25 may 2023

2 march 2023

12 JANUARY 2023

27 OCTOBER 2022

1 september 2022

7 july 2022

26 MAy 2022

For previous agendas and minutes, please visit the Environment committee archive page.

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