council services
Do It Online
You can access a wide range of tasks and services via our website.
The list below provides links to the most popular tasks (by service area) that can be carried out on our website, or provides additional information should the task not be able to be completed online.
If you require further advice or assistance, please make general enquiry and we will aim to respond within 24 hours.
Planning, Building Control and Address Management -
Popular Tasks
Planning
View, comment and object to planning
applications
View weekly list of planning applications
Do I need planning permission?
How do I apply for planning permission?
Appeal against a planning decision
Report a suspected breach of planning
conditions
Building Control
Apply for building regulations (via
Submit-a-Plan)
Address Management
Housing - Popular Tasks
Housing
Apply for housing through West Norfolk
Homechoice
Top tips when bidding for housing
Advice for private landlords and tenants
Apply for a housing grant and loan
Report a
housing repair (to Freebridge Housing Association)
Housing options and advice service
Find out about Local Housing Allowance
size criteria and rates
Council Tax and Benefits - Popular Tasks
Council Tax and Benefits
Report a change in circumstances
Apply for a Single Person Discount
Apply for a Council Tax exemption
Apply for Council Tax Disabled Relief
Find out about Local Housing Allowance
size criteria and rates
Community - Popular Tasks
Community
Apply for a financial assistance
grant
Purchase
birth certificate copies (via General Register Office)
Apply
for a school place (via Norfolk County Council)
Find out school term dates (via Norfolk County
Council)
Read school inspection reports (via Ofsted)
Jobs and Careers - Popular Tasks
Visitors and Tourism - Popular Tasks
Leisure - Popular Tasks
Leisure
View
swimming pool timetable for St James
View
swimming pool timetable for Downham Market Leisure Centre
Public Space - Popular Tasks
Environment and Waste Management -
Popular Tasks
Waste Management
Information on the new bin collection
service
Frequently asked questions on the new
bin collection service
Find your
nearest household waste and recycling site
Find your
nearest recycling point
Report a missed bin collection
What day are my bins collected?
Order
a brown bin (garden waste collection service)
What can I put in my recycling (green)
bin?
Environment
Register as a scrap metal dealer
Register as a motor salvage operator
Council and Democracy - Popular Tasks
Council and Democracy
View agendas and minutes of council
meetings
Councillors expenses and claims
Make a complaint about a councillor
Make a freedom of information request
Contact the council's Management Team
Allowances, salaries and supplier
payments
Public Safety and Licensing - Popular Tasks
Business and Property - Popular Tasks
Business
Pay Business Rates (NNDR) online
Find out more about Business Rates
Notify us of business occupation or
vacation
Apply for small business rate relief
Current tenders and quotations
Property
Find available property to let
Find development land for sale
Have your Say - Popular Tasks
Last updated: 17 May 2013
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