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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 Chief Officer.

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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 Mary Bainbridge, Cllr Beth Dixon, Cllr Sue Fryer, Cllr Hilary Harrington, Cllr Susan Martin, Cllr Nath Martin, Cllr Sean Melton and Cllr John Mills.    

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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 13th February 2025 at 6.30pm
Location: 
WTC Offices, Town Hall, Workington, CA14 2RS
f you are interested in attending or speaking at one of our meetings, please read the information on our public participation ​page first. 

7th nov 2024

Minutes to be added

19th sept 2024

11TH JUly 2024

25TH JUNE 2024 
(EXTRA-ORDINARY)

30 MAY 2024

18 APRIL 2024

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

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