Each year, the Kirklees Environment Unit co-ordinates and manages over £6 million of projects and programmes across the borough on behalf of the council and the residents of Kirklees.

Over the last few years this has included renewable energy project work at over 200 sites, improvements to over 11,000 homes through central heating and insulation work and 70 environmental projects with community groups. In addition, over 3000 hectares of land has been mapped for its wildlife potential across a number of sites and work is ongoing with local groups and naturalists to improve and protect wildlife across Kirklees. Work is also ongoing to improve off-road greenways, school grounds and community allotments.

In addition, the Unit makes input into developing council and regional policies relating to the environment such as the Local Development Framework (LDF), the West Yorkshire Local Transport Plan and regional plans and documents such as the Sustainability Framework, Advancing Together and the Regional Economic Strategy.

Key Environmental Work Programmes

• Environment Vision & Policies
• Implementation of an environmental management system for all council services (EMAS)
• Energy & water conservation
• Renewable Energy
• Environmental Biodiversity
• Green Network - Developing a green network in Kirklees
• Environmental grants
• Supporting the Kirklees Environment Partnership