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Due to essential maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 3.00pm on Friday 31 March until 8.00am Monday 3 April 2023: our online council tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. You will also not be able to register to pay council tax online, make a change of address for council tax or cancel single person discount. You are still able to make a payment during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Emergency road closures


Information about roads in the county that are unexpectedly and temporarily closed (for example, due to an accident or weather).

Current road closures 

Due to an incident on the level crossing at Heighington Lane the road has been closed by Network Rail. There is no diversion in place and road closure is likely to be in place for 7-14 days due to new level crossing gates being required to make the area safe.

Updated Wednesday 15 March