Environment

View article Love Your Neighbourhood: Newington and Gipsyville area receives tidy-up treatment

Love Your Neighbourhood: Newington and Gipsyville area receives tidy-up treatment

Newington and Gipsyville is the latest area to be supported by Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project.  Streets within the Newington and Gipsyville area are now basking in the glow of a much-needed makeover, thanks to Hull City Council’s ambitious Love Your Neighbourhood initiative.  As part of the citywide project, several streets within the […]

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View article Trial launched to explore benefits of heat pumps for council tenants

Trial launched to explore benefits of heat pumps for council tenants

Ideal Heating has launched a heat pumps trial with Hull City Council. The Living with Heat Pumps project will explore the benefits of living in a home with an air source heat pump compared to a traditional gas boiler. Ideal Heating has worked with Hull City Council and regional net zero campaign, Oh Yes! Net […]

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View article Stepney green spaces improvements thanks to half a million pound award

Stepney green spaces improvements thanks to half a million pound award

The Stepney area of Hull is to receive major improvements as £500,000 of green funding has been awarded to Hull City Council. The work will be targeted to green space improvement works as part of the government’s High Street Accelerator Pilot Programme. The funding came as a result of a successful green spaces proposal submission […]

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View article More than 50 trolleys removed from Hull watercourses amid flooding concerns

More than 50 trolleys removed from Hull watercourses amid flooding concerns

Hull City Council is urging residents to ensure that they dispose of rubbish in the correct manner amid a flood risk after a shocking amount of litter was collected from Hull’s watercourses. As part of Hull’s Dynamic Drains project with the Environment Agency, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Groundworks, more than 50 shopping trolleys and hundreds […]

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View article Open Space Community Network successfully launches in Hull 

Open Space Community Network successfully launches in Hull 

A Community Network to shape the future of Hull’s green and open spaces launched in the Guildhall this week. Hull City Council is delighted to announce the successful launch of the Hull Open Space Community Network. This groundbreaking initiative was designed to foster collaboration, enhance community involvement, and champion the preservation and development of Hull’s […]

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View article Council to explore further options for district heat project

Council to explore further options for district heat project

Hull City Council is exploring the future expansion of the Hull District Heating Network (HDHN). A detailed Decision Record published today confirms the council has varied its existing contract with technical consultants Ove Arup and Partners. This will enable scope changes to the design of HDHN, including future connections to East Bank Urban Village, as […]

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View article Areas of Hull next in line for Love Your Neighbourhood tidy-up 

Areas of Hull next in line for Love Your Neighbourhood tidy-up 

Hull City Council’s Love Your Neighbourhood project will be arriving in the Holderness, St Andrews and Docklands, and Pickering Wards from next week.  As part of the citywide Love Your Neighbourhood project – which has seen hundreds of streets tidied up over the last year – Holderness, St Andrews and Docklands, and Pickering Wards are the […]

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View article Four Hull residents successfully prosecuted for fly-tipping  

Four Hull residents successfully prosecuted for fly-tipping  

Hull City Council warns residents to dispose of their waste legally to avoid facing enforcement action, following four fly-tipping prosecutions this month (March).   The council continues to advise residents to dispose of their waste properly through legitimate services. Fly-tipping is defined as the ‘illegal deposit of any waste onto land that does not have a […]

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View article Warning issued to manage waste responsibly following environmental prosecutions  

Warning issued to manage waste responsibly following environmental prosecutions  

Hull City Council is urging property owners and occupiers to maintain the cleanliness of their land, to avoid facing prosecution.   This warning comes after a property owner and two property occupiers were prosecuted this month (March) by the Council under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, for failing to deal with the condition of their property.   […]

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