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Safety and the environment in your community

A to Z

• Appeal a decision about a tree preservation order
• Appeal a decision about consent to display an advertisement
• Appeal a high hedges decision
• Apply for an appliance exemption for use in smoke control areas
• Apply to get fuel authorised for use in smoke control areas
• Asbestos in your home
• Check a public building's Display Energy Certificate
• Check the quality of your drinking water
• Clear snow from a road, path or cycleway
• Comment on an alcohol licence
• Common land and village greens
• Contact your council about crime prevention and community safety
• Controlling your dog in public
• Find your local health protection team in England
• Find your local park
• Fireworks: the law
• Garden bonfires: the rules
• Get a permit to deal with coal or coal mines
• Get a police check on someone involved with a child
• Green Deal: energy saving for your home
• House fires: financial help and fire safety
• Noise from roads, trains or planes
• Nominate a Community Payback project
• Preparing for emergencies: find out about local plans
• Report a coal mine hazard
• Request a pedestrian crossing
• Request a speed limit change
• Request clinical waste collection
• Smoke control areas: the rules

Detailed guidance

• Land management
• Outdoor access and recreation

Housing and local services

A to Z

• Being a landlord and renting out a room

  Includes tenancy agreements, deposit protection scheme and evicting tenants

• Council Tax

  Includes council tax appeals, bands, discounts and reductions

• Council housing and housing association

  Includes Right to Buy, shared ownership and getting repairs

• Household energy

  Includes grants, energy saving and renewable energy for your home

• Local councils and services

  Find and access local services

• Noise, neighbours, pets and pests

  Includes neighbour disputes, reporting noise nuisance, pest control and looking after pets

• Owning and renting a property

  Includes buying and selling your home, compensation, mortgages and property boundaries

• Planning permission and building regulations

  Includes building regulation approvals, planning decisions and party walls

• Recycling, rubbish, streets and roads

  Includes collecting large waste items, garden waste and reporting problems

• Repossessions, emergency housing and evictions

  Includes eviction from private, council and housing association properties, and squatting

• Safety and the environment in your community

  Includes smoke control areas, road safety and crime prevention

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