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Due to essential maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 6.00pm on Monday 2 October until 8.00am on Tuesday 3 October: 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.

Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulation


The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000 gives you the right to request all types of recorded information held by us. Requests under FOIA must be made in writing and we must deal with them within 20 working days. Before you submit a request, check whether it is already in our publication scheme.