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Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme

• Overview

  The Green Deal helps you make energy-saving improvements to your home and…

• Improvements and benefits to your home

  Any household with an electricity meter (including prepayment meters) in…

• Get an assessment

  You must get your property assessed to use the Green Deal. Contact a Green…

• Getting the work done

  How you decide to get the work done will affect your options for how you…

• How to pay

  You can pay in advance, get a Green Deal finance plan, or use other…

• Moving into a property with a Green Deal

  If you move into a property with a Green Deal, the landlord or seller must…

Get support from your local health protection team (HPT) to prevent and reduce the effect of diseases and chemical and radiation hazards

The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines

In smoke control areas you can only use certain types of fuel or exempt appliances - find out if you live in one and what you can burn

Arrange for a collection of clinical waste - for items like used syringes, drugs, pharmaceuticals and surgical waste

You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog

You cannot buy or use fireworks if you're under 18, and you must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except on certain occasions

Get information from your local council about asbestos in your home and how to dispose of it safely

You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.

Your tap water should be clear and bright - water quality advice, reporting problems, how to complain

Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights

Information about parks and open spaces near you, including playgrounds, nature reserves, wildlife sites and sports pitches

Legal noise limits for on and off-road vehicles, and what to do if you're affected by road, rail or aircraft noise

Buildings occupied by a public service organisation, eg council, libraries, education buildings etc need a Display Energy Certificate (DEC)

Local speed limits are set by the council

Nominate a Community Payback project to suggest what unpaid work offenders carry out locally; who to contact and what happens next

Request a pedestrian crossing like a puffin crossing, toucan crossing or zebra crossing from the local council

Check out your local council's emergency plan covering major incidents like flooding, flu pandemics and transport accidents

Your council can help you after a fire in your home - Council, emergency housing, Red Cross, fire safety

Appeal against a high hedges decision - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision