Licences and permits
Page last updated: 31/01/2023
- Council and democracy
- Council tax
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Housing
- Council housing
- Empty homes
- Housing options and help for homeless people
- Maintaining standards of repair for private rented properties
- Registering as a private landlord
- Rent Deposit Guarantee Scheme
- Tenancy deposit schemes
- Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
- Social Sector Size Criteria (Bedroom Tax)
- Advice and grant support for private homeowners
- Maintaining your home
- Private Landlords Expressions of Interest
- Short term lets
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Schools
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- School term and holiday dates
- Early learning and childcare
- School meals
- Support for Learners
- P7 Transitions to Secondary
- School places
- Exam results advice
- Education Authority
- Financial support for education
- Hire school facilities
- Dumfries Learning Town
- The Bridge
- Parent Councils
- Parental Involvement and Engagement (PIE)
- Education Authority Annual Plan
- Public performances by children
- Instrumental Music Tuition
- Youth Music Initiative
- South West Education Improvement Collaborative
- Home Education
- Educational Psychology Service
- Online School Payments
- Devolved School Management Scheme
- Duty of Candour Report 2022
- Learning Assistant Allocation Process
- Partnership and School Management Arrangements
- SAC Stretch Aims
- Duty of Candour Report 2023
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Waste and recycling
- Kerbside Waste and Recycling Service
- Food Waste Recycling Service
- Waste collection calendars and schedules
- What Happens to my Waste and Recycling?
- Recycling centres
- Recycling points in the Community
- Re-use
- Bulky waste collection
- Get rid of large domestic appliances
- Commercial Waste and Recycling Services
- Farm waste
- Missed bin notices
- Apply for assisted bin collection
- Apply for additional bin capacity
- Apply for a new bin
- Waste Collections During Severe Weather
- Garden Waste
- Self-Catering Waste
- Roads, transport and parking
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Planning and building
- Planning and Building Update
- Planning Permission
- Local Development Plan (LDP2)
- Building standards
- Local Place Plans
- Street or property names and numbers
- The George Hotel, Stranraer
- Dumfries Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS)
- Stranraer Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS)
- Contaminated Land
- Vacant and Derelict Land
- Planning and Building Standards Documents
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Benefits and financial supports
- Cost-of-Living Support
- Apply for benefits and financial supports
- Benefit fraud
- Benefits enquiry form
- Change in address or circumstances for benefits
- Overpayment of benefits
- Reviewing a benefit decision
- Changes to benefits and information on additional support available
- Benefit Advice for people aged 60 and over
- Birth, marriage and death
- Business
- Community safety
- Jobs and training
- Leisure
- Libraries
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Care and support
- Access to free period products
- Support for Ukraine
- Request help with social care
- Local care services
- Support for children and families
- How to report a concern about an adult at risk of harm
- Social Work offices
- Tackling domestic abuse
- Sensory Support Team
- Our Promise - Dumfries and Galloway
- Justice Social Work