Place

Place is responsible for a host of services in the city, from highly visible activities like bin collections and street cleaning to less noticeable tasks like dealing with contaminated land.

• Lead Member for Environment, Neighbourhoods and Community Safety is Councillor Barbara Bentham
• The Lead Member for Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development is Councillor Mike McCusker

We believe in firm but fair regulations, and a summary of our enforcement and prosecution policy is available on this website.

What we do

• Bereavement services
  • Dealing with a death
  • Cemeteries
• Citywide services
  • School meals
  • Building cleaning
  • Event catering, outside catering and venue hire
• Community safety, emergency planning and neighbourhood management
  • Driving down crime
  • Tackling anti social behaviour
  • Protecting vulnerable people
  • Reducing re-offending
  • Building resilient communities
  • Emergency planning and response
  • Business continuity
  • Neighbourhood management
  • Safety advisory groups
• Culture and leisure
  • Libraries and information services
  • Arts development 
  • Museums and galleries
  • Sports and leisure 
• Grounds maintenance
  • Arboriculture
  • Horticulture
• Environmental crime
  • Dog fouling
  • Fly-tipping
  • Graffiti
  • Litter
• Environmental health
  • Food safety
  • Pest control
  • Smoking legislation
• Environmental protection
  • Nuisance
  • Pollution
• Housing market support
  • Landlord Licensing
  • Housing standards
  • House in Multiple Occupation (HMO)
  • Empty Properties
• Land and property - strategic delivery
  • Strategic regeneration advice
  • Land and property disposals
  • Strategic site assembly
  • Development viability
  • Compulsory purchase
• Licensing
  • Premises (Licensing Act 2003)
  • Gambling premises
  • Taxi and private hire
  • Scrap metal
  • Charitable collections
• Parks and open spaces
  • Parks and Countryside
  • Salford Ranger Team 
• Recycling and waste collection 
  • Kerbside recycling
  • Recycling bring sites
  • Domestic refuse collection
  • Trade waste

• Street cleaning
  • Street cleaning services
• Technical Services
  • Infrastructure
  • Highways design
  • Streetworks and network management
  • Planning and building control
  • Construction services
• Trading standards (consumer protection)
  • Fair trading
  • Product safety
  • Weights and measures
  • Food standards
  • Animal feed
  • Animal health
  • Primary authority/business advice
  • Proceeds of crime financial investigation
• Urban renewal
  • Integrated home improvement
  • Affordable warmth
  • Urban renewal development
• Vehicle maintenance services
  • Fleet management
  • Private Hire and Hackney Taxi testing
  • Vehicle maintenance