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.

Latest news

Cllr Richard Foster with North Yorkshire resident, Alexis Flint, demonstrating what can be recycled.

Recycling made easier with unified kerbside collection service

Recycling has become easier and more accessible for residents across North Yorkshire as part of a major step forward in unifying the kerbside collection service.

A general view of Scarborough.

New chair announced to bring major benefits to Scarborough

The new chair of a board which will oversee a multi-million pound investment in Scarborough has pledged to ensure that the funding will bring wide-ranging benefits to local communities.

Portrait of Councillor Carl Les.

Leader welcomes decision over hotel to house asylum seekers

Council leader Carl Les has welcomed a decision by the Government not to house single male asylum seekers in one of the county’s hotels.

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