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Wokingham Borough Council is the local authority of the Borough of Wokingham in Berkshire, England. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council. The council has been under no overall control since 2022. Following the 2024 election a minority Liberal Democrat ...
Wokingham became a chapelry in the Middle Ages; its church of All Saints was built in the 14th century, probably on the site of a 12th-century chapel. [12] The chapelry of Wokingham was a separate civil parish from an early date, but remained part the ecclesiastical parish of Sonning until 1812. [11] The town was also an ancient borough.
Recycling collection site in Portsmouth, Hampshire. In 2015, 43.5% of the United Kingdom's municipal waste was recycled, composted or broken down by anaerobic digestion. [1] The majority of recycling undertaken in the United Kingdom is done by statutory authorities, although commercial and industrial waste is chiefly processed by private companies.
Basildon Council in Essex introduced fortnightly black bin days and a new recycling system last year. A total 72.3% of people who responded to a public consultation wanted the collections to ...
The district was formed on 1 April 1974 as Wokingham District, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Wokingham and Wokingham Rural District. It is governed by Wokingham Borough Council (formerly Wokingham District Council), which has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1998, following the abolition of ...
Responsible for local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection and recycling, cemeteries and crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism in a two-tier system. [43] County council in a two-tier system Type of local authority. Upper-tier of a two-tier system. [43]
It will be renovated and used as a post-16 SEND hub for up to 40 people after plans were approved by Wokingham councillors on Thursday. The borough council said consultants will be appointed to ...
International Day of Action for Rivers: March 14 World Consumer Rights Day: March 15 Buzzards Day [16] [17] March 15 Digital Cleanup Day [18] March 15 2025 National Panda Day [19] [20] [21] March 16 Global Recycling Day [22] March 18 World Serval Day [23] March 18 Taxonomist Appreciation Day [24] March 19 World Sparrow Day: March 20 World Frog ...