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Your environment

Find out about nuisances, pests, dogs, climate change, emergency planning and private water supplies.

Nuisance

How to report a statutory nuisance like noise, odour or light pollution and what we can do about it.

Pests

Advice about how to deal with animal and insect pests.

Pollution

Air quality monitoring, environmental permits, contaminated land and Radon.

Dogs

Stray and lost dogs, dog fouling, dog control orders and what we do about dangerous dogs.

Emergency planning

How we plan for emergencies and helpful resources for what to do if there's flooding or a power cut.

Your community

Find out about community safety, community rights and equality and diversity.

Climate change and natural environment

Our commitment to tackling climate change and protecting and enhancing biodiversity including information on how you can get involved and sign up for our Climate Change and Nature Newsletter.

Find a public toilet

Toilets you can use in our area as well as how to join our community toilet scheme.

Sewage and drainage

Check who is responsible for drains and sewers near you and your options if your property cannot connect to mains drainage.

Barrow Port Health

Barrow Port Health is part of Westmorland and Furness Council and is the responsible authority for enforcing the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979.

One Tree per Resident Project

How to get involved in our project to support local communities, schools, parish councils, landowners and land managers to plant trees and hedgerows.

Port health

Barrow Port Health is responsible for enforcing the Public Health (Ships) Regulations 1979.

Service updates

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  • Grange Over Sands, Kents Bank area

    Monday, 17th March. There is a disruption to our garden waste collection round today. Round not completed as capacity exceeded. We will try to return on the next working day, please leave your bins out

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