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.
Scarborough Town Hall

A new date has been set for councillors to consider a planning application which seeks permission to construct a temporary wellsite to assess the potential for natural gas near Scarborough.

From left to right, the deputy England director of VisitEngland, Lyndsay Turner-Swift, North Yorkshire Council’s assistant director for place shaping and growth, Kathryn Daly, the council’s head of economy and tourism, Tony Watson, and the chair of VisitEngland’s advisory board, Lady Victoria Borwick, at Bolton Abbey Station.

Tourism businesses in the multi-billion pound sector in York and North Yorkshire have been praised for the diversity of the visitor economy by one of the industry’s leading figures nationally.

An artist’s impression of the proposed care and support hub to be developed in Scarborough.

Residents in Harrogate and Scarborough are being asked to share their views on a proposed multi‑million‑pound investment that aims to transform specialist care for older and disabled people.