Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
Essential cookies
Cookie Control
Purpose
This cookie is used to remember your choice about cookies on our website.
Expires: 90 days from consent
Language
Purpose
This cookie is used to remember any selection you have made about language on our website using the language selector, so that the site will be shown in your chosen language when returning to the site.
Expires: End of session
Piwik
Purpose
This cookie is used to remember when you close banners (also known as alerts) on our website. During your session, we will not show you the alert once you have closed it.
Expires: End of session
In my area cookies (optional)
Purpose
The in my area cookies are used to store your postcode and unique property reference number (UPRN) to enable our website to display information that is local to your property such as;
- local councillor(s)
- planning applications
- events in and around your area
- bin collection schedule
- street cleansing schedule.
Expires: 6 months
Analytical cookies (optional)
Google Analytics
Purpose
Google Analytics is used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports to help us improve our website.
We collect information including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they have visited.
The information we collect and process is done in way that does not directly identify anyone. Once the information is collected, the IP address and browser details of a visitor is used to create a 'magic number' that changes every 24 hours. The IP address and specific browser details are immediately forgotten and never stored.
Video player cookies (optional)
YouTube embedded player
Example cookies: AEC, APISID, HSID, NID, SAPISID, SID, SSID, SOCS, _Secure
Purpose
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel, using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. You can read about YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode on YouTube’s embedding videos information page.
If you visit a page containing a YouTube video and are logged in to a YouTube or Google account, Google may use cookies for security purposes, remember your preferences, and receive information about the videos you watch for analytics and advertising purposes cookies and collect data linked to your Google account
How do I change my cookie settings?
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon. You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then clicking ‘Save and close’. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.
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