Council services

Bins, recycling and waste

Check your bin collection day, find your nearest waste recycling centre, pay for garden waste and report a missed bin.

Roads, parking and travel

Get the latest updates on roadworks, Blue Badge, parking fines and permits, cycling and road improvement schemes.

Leisure, tourism and culture

Enjoy museums, parks and the countryside, visit our libraries, leisure facilities and the county record office.

Planning and conservation

Information on planning permission, building regulations, local planning policy and heritage and conservation.

Council Tax

Including payments, bands, change of circumstance, exemptions and discounts.

Jobs and careers

Includes key opportunities, working for us and tips before applying for a job.

Education and learning

Includes education and training courses, school admissions, school term dates and school and college transport.

Your council

Includes voting and elections, data protection, freedom of information and councillors and elections.

Birth, deaths and marriages

Register births and deaths, book ceremonies and find out how to become British and settle in the UK.

Housing and homelessness

Includes housing for council tenants, private tenants and landlords and information for the homeless.

Adult social care

Information on adult safeguarding, the types of care and the support available for carers.

Children and families

Find out about activities for children, childcare, adoption, fostering and the SEND Local Offer.

Benefits

Information and advice on housing benefit, council tax support, the Household Support Fund and more.

Environment and neighbourhoods

Arrange pest control, report fly-tipping or abandoned vehicles.

Licensing and registration

Includes taxis, temporary event notices, gambling, street trading and market licences.

Business and economy

Includes business support, funding and services, business news and premises.

Community and volunteering

Information about what's happening in your community and volunteering.

Healthy living

Information on how to live a healthier life, activities to help you get active and get help for alcohol and drug issues.
Road closed sign

A scheme is set to be introduced to charge utility companies and other organisations for carrying out roadworks on key roads during the busiest times of the day.

Scarborough Town Hall

A meeting for councillors to consider a planning application which seeks permission to construct a temporary wellsite to assess the potential for natural gas has been postponed.

A photo of the illegal burning of waste on land near Knaresborough in the case against Boyd Batchelor, from Harrogate.

Business owners have been warned that they will face prosecution for the illegal burning of waste after a court case saw one offender brought to justice.