Decision details
Garden Waste Subscription Fee 2026
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Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decision:
To set the fees for garden waste season 2026 to 2027 as £60 per card/cash subscription and £49 for direct debit payments.
Note: Card payments will be offered at the DD rate if for any reason DD options are unavailable.
Reasons for the decision:
Fees to be publicised in autumn 2025 and existing customers to be communicated with early prior to 2026/27 subscriptions going on sale in January 2026.
Garden Waste service forms part of the Council’s Medium Term Financial Plan.
The service was set out in 2016 by Cabinet as cost neutral and as such fees increase inline with increasing service-related costs.
Alternative options considered:
Maintain current fees.
Publication date: 10/11/2025
Date of decision: 10/11/2025
Effective from: 18/11/2025