Apply or request a council service

Discounts and exemptions

Single person discount, Students and apprentices, Disability and care, Deceased persons, Children and young people, Work related, Unoccupied property, Discretionary Council Tax Relief (DCTR)

Parking permits

Find out what permits you can buy, how and where to buy them, and prices.

Housing Benefit

The following sections provide information on Housing Benefit, eligibility and how to apply.

School admissions

The School Admissions team processes applications for school places for children between the ages of 4 and 16.

Apply for social housing

How to apply for the social housing register, update your details and advice for your application

Make a planning application (for homeowners and developers)

Please be informed that all existing fees payable to local planning authorities under the 2012 Fees Regulations are to be increased in respect of applications made, or deemed to be made, on or after The Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025, coming into force on 01 April 2025. After which date, fees to be paid in respect of applications, deemed applications or requests relating to most application types will increase. 

Blue Badges

Information on applying for a Blue Badge, using your Blue Badge and how to apply for a disabled parking spot

How to vote

The diffetent ways you can vote, how to register and where to vote

Licences, permits and registration

Information on business licences and how to apply.

Roads and highway licences

Information on how to get a licence to put objects on a highway or road.

Apply for a parking bay suspension

If you need to block a parking bay or group of bays for a long period of time, preventing other drivers from using it, you must apply for us to suspend them

Apply for a dropped kerb

The kerb is dropped from the normal height and the path is strengthened to take the weight of the vehicle

Free school meals (Pupil Premium)

Information on free school meals and how to apply.

Jobs and careers

Help to make your community a safer, healthier and happier place to live and work, with a career that offers great benefits, support and flexible working.

Apprenticeships

Information for job seekers/ school leavers on our apprenticeship offer.