Your views on our proposals to save money by reducing summer opening hours at Norfolk’s recycling centres and closing all recycling centres on Wednesdays
Feedback updated 24 Mar 2023
We asked
We asked for your views on two proposals, the first being the to make summer and winter opening hours the same at all 20 recycling centres in Norfolk. This would mean centres would open from 9am to 4pm on their scheduled opening days throughout the year.
Our second proposal was to close all recycling centres on Wednesdays.
You said
A majority of respondents said they strongly disagreed with the proposal to harmonise winter and summer opening hours.
A majority of respondents also strongly disagreed with closing all recycling centres on Wednesdays.
We did
Full Council met on the 21 February and set Norfolk County Council’s budget for 2023-24.
In light of the need to save money and the council’s need to find £60 million of savings, the council voted to implement the proposal that summer opening hours will be harmonised with winter hours. This means that Recycling Centres will close at 4pm all year round (rather than 5pm October to April). This will be delivered from 1st April 2023.
The proposal to close all recycling centres on Wednesdays did not get passed by full council. Therefore, the recycling centres that open on Wednesday currently will continue to so.
However, a public consultation on the closure of the Mayton Wood recycling centre will be undertaken, for Members of the council to consider this site closure later in the year. We expect the public consultation to take place for six weeks in late May following the local council election dates.
Both changes will be subject to a staff consultation, which will be delivered by Norse and employers of those impacted.
For more details on the Council Meeting in which the budget proposals were agreed click here
Overview
Norfolk County Council will set a new budget on 21st February 2023.
In this consultation we are asking for your views on two proposals that would affect Norfolk’s recycling centres.
- We are proposing to make summer and winter opening hours the same at all 20 recycling centres in Norfolk. This would mean centres would open from 9am to 4pm on their scheduled opening days throughout the year. This proposal, if implemented, is expected to save around £70,000.
- Our second proposal is to close all recycling centres on Wednesdays. This saving, if implemented, would make an estimated saving of £200,000.
Why we are consulting
We want to find out what people think about our proposals.
We are consulting through:
- This online consultation, which is also available as a paper copy
- Letter to members of the Norfolk Residents’ Panel
We are consulting from 21st October 2022 to 16th December 2022. Please note that if we receive any consultation responses after the 16th December 2022, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to take them into account.
We will feed back the findings from our consultation to our county councillors as part of the evidence they will use to help them come to a decision about our budget proposals.
If you need a copy of this consultation document in a different format please email haveyoursay@norfolk.gov.uk, call 0344 800 8020 or Text Relay on 18001 0344 800 8020 (textphone) and we will do our best to help.
An Easy Read and Large Print version of this consultation is available to download at the bottom of the page.
The consultation should take between 10-15 minutes to complete.
We now want to hear your views on these proposals.
What happens next
This consultation closed on Friday 16th December.
We will take a report about the findings of this consultation to the Council Cabinet in January 2023. We will set a new budget on 21st February.
Our county councillors will consider the consultation responses we receive very carefully.
Thank you to everyone for taking the time to respond to this consultation.
Areas
- All Areas
Audiences
- Anyone from any background
Interests
- Environment
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