Access to information
Find out how you can access a wide range of information about the council.
Page last updated: 14/04/2025
- Council and democracy
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Council tax
- Pay Council Tax
- Check your Council Tax band and charges
- Apply for Council Tax discounts and exemptions
- Tell us if you're moving home
- Tell us if your circumstances change
- Apply for empty property Council Tax discounts
- Contact us about Council Tax
- Get your latest Council Tax bill
- Get a refund of overpaid Council Tax
- Get help to pay your bill
- Appeal a Council Tax decision
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Housing
- Social housing
- Private rented housing
- Landlords
- Homelessness
- Homeowners
- Apply for a short-term let licence
- Apply for or renew a house in multiple occupation (HMO) licence
- Register as a private landlord
- Report an unlicensed property or an unregistered landlord
- Apply for Housing Benefit
- Planning and building
- Read the Local Housing Strategy
- Schools
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Bins and recycling
- Non-recyclable waste
- Recycling
- Food waste recycling
- Bulky waste
- Recycling centres and recycling points
- Garden waste
- Commercial bulky waste
- Commercial waste
- Check your bin collection days
- Apply for assisted bin collections
- Book a recycling centre visit
- Book a bulky waste collection
- Get a replacement bin or sack
- Roads, transport and parking
- Planning and building
- Benefits and financial supports
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Births, marriages, civil partnerships and deaths
- Get married or form a civil partnership
- Renew your marriage vows
- Register a birth
- Authorised venues
- Order a copy of a certificate
- Register a death
- Registration offices
- Arrange a naming ceremony
- Go to a British citizenship ceremony
- Funerals, burials and cremations
- Record a change of name
- Get married in Gretna
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Business
- Commercial services
- Business rates
- Council contracts and tender opportunities
- Council property for sale or let
- Licences and permits
- Business support and advice
- Trading standards advice for businesses
- Trading standards advice for consumers
- Trusted Trader scheme
- Economic Development
- Scams and illegal trading
- Community safety
- Jobs and training
- Leisure, sport and culture
- Libraries
- Care and support
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