Retention and disposal schedules - Climate change retention schedule

Published: 5 June 2025

Corporate

Action plans

  • Retention period: Until superseded
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Policy

  • Retention period: Until superseded
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Governance

  • Retention period: Until superseded
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Strategy

  • Retention period: Until superseded
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Council meetings

  • Retention period: 5 years after date last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Operations

Benchmarking

  • Retention period: 5 years after last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Communications and marketing

  • Retention period: 5 years after last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Housing and domestic energy and heating

  • Retention period: 10 years after last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: Yes
  • Special category data: No

Images

  • Retention period: 10 years after last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: Yes
  • Special category data: No

Information and sources

  • Retention period: 5 years after last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No

Events and learning

  • Description: Webinars, seminars and other events
  • Retention period: 6 years after last modified
  • Action: Delete
  • Reasoning: Business requirement
  • Personal data: No
  • Special category data: No