17 March 2025

Online Meeting

Documents

Agenda

Presentations

Plymouth's Habitat Bank - Ocean City Nature
Chris Avent, Green Estate Manager, Plymouth City Council

Nigel Cotterill, Natural Grid Project Manager, Plymouth City Council

Soil Water Management of Parks and Play Areas
Justin Smith, Director, Green Pigeon Consulting

APSE update
Louise Melville, Principal Advisor (Scotland), APSE

Discussions

Topics and Speakers for APSE Fleet, Waste and Grounds 20-23 May 2025

which topics and speakers they would like to see on the programme.

Parks, Grounds and Streets Clinic: Any issue affecting service delivery including:

Fly tipping and removal processes and procedures.
Rural verge cuts and biodiversity.
Local authority inherited grounds maintenance on private land.
Collection of Christmas wreaths within cemeteries.

Promoting excellence in public services

APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.