Welcome to the Environment Directorate Homepage

Iwan Prys Jones - Corporate Director of Environment

The Environment Directorate consists of a number of services, including Transport and Infrastructure, Environmental Services, Planning and Public Protection Services, Development Services and a Support, Finance and Performance Team.  The common theme of all of these services is that they by and large provide the majority of front line services, which impact on environmental, regeneration and transport issues throughout Denbighshire.  Almost every resident or visitor to Denbighshire will take advantage of the services that the Directorate provides, and their impression of the way the County looks and feels will come from the way in which we deliver our work.
The Directorate employs approximately 1,000 people across most of the Council's office locations, and a number of operating depots.  The Directorate also provides a range of services for schools and other public bodies, including catering services, cleaning services, fleet maintenance and street lighting.  The Council also provides parking services and a sign shop facility, for a number of other local authorities across North Wales.
The Directorate's key priorities include ensuring that the image of Denbighshire to its residents and visitors is maintained at the highest possible standard, this includes proactive enforcement work, to maintain acceptable standards in all of the towns, villages and communities of Denbighshire.  The Directorate also delivers high level regeneration work on behalf of the County Council, in many of our communities.  A significant focus of regeneration activity is built around the comprehensive Rhyl Going Forward development strategy.

Finance and Performance

The Service provides a range of functions, to assist other services within the Directorate and the Authority, it comprises:-

• Emergency Planning
• External Funding
• Finance
• Information and Mapping
• Performance and Management Information
• Personnel

Planning and Public Protection

Planning & Public Protection Service has responsibility for a diverse range of statutory and non-statutory duties including planning and building control functions, trading standards, environmental health (food safety, health & safety, pollution control, pest control), licensing, animal welfare, private sector housing enforcement and renewal / regeneration grant functions.

Development Services

The department covers a wide range of services from business support to building maintenance and design.   Development Services is also responsible for securing European funding and manages the Council’s portfolio.
The complete list of sections within Development Services is listed below.
• Building Services
• Conservation
• Denbighshire Supporting Business
• Denbighshire Design and Development
• Objective One and Regeneration
• Property Services

Environmental Services

Environmental Services provides the majority of the Council's manual, front-line services.  Its Public Realm services play an essential role in making Denbighshire a pleasant environment in which to live and visit. These include: street cleansing, grounds maintenance, cemeteries, public toilets, street lighting, highway repairs and waste collection. The latter entails refuse collection (domestic and trade), recycling, civic amenity sites and enforcement.
Other services provided by Environmental Services include: highway winter maintenance, council housing works, school catering and school and public building cleaning. In addition, its Sign Shop provides the Council with its own sign manufacturing and installation unit.

Transport and Infrastructure

The Transportation and Infrastructure Department is responsible for the Planning and Management of the County Road and Transport Networks.
Infrastructure looks after the management of the road network and our engineers and technical staff look after the specialist services relating to:
- Bridges and Structures
- Development Control
- Streetworks
- Traffic Management
Transportation provides the management of the county's fleet of vehicles and also are responsible for the planning and supervision of the local public transport network with substantial involvement in managing the timetable and routes over which the bus service operate. This also involves some management of the school transportation getting pupils to and from school.
Public Rights of Way where we maintain and manage the network of mainly rural countryside paths including footpaths and bridleways along with a small number of paths lying in some urban areas.
Road Safety looks after the safety for all road users including school crossing patrols and education of safe road use practise for school children, and new and experienced car drivers.