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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
This page provides more information about the Know Your Neighbourhood Fund.
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
Follow these steps if you have a dispute with your neighbour. This guide…
Before making a formal complaint or getting others involved, try to…
If your neighbour is a tenant, you can complain to their landlord. This…
If you cannot resolve the dispute by speaking to your neighbour, you can…
You can ask your local council for help if the neighbour dispute involves…
You must try to settle a dispute about a high hedge informally before the…
You should call the police if your neighbour: is violent, threatening or…
If all else fails, you can take legal action against a neighbour. Taking…
Includes neighbour disputes, reporting noise nuisance, pest control and looking after pets
Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.
Advice and support for those who are experiencing or feel at risk of sexual violence and abuse.
Statistics on residency-based school absences and attainment data for pupils by gender, free school meal eligibility and ethnicity.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
This collection brings together all the notes on neighbourhood planning.
Information on how to apply to be the Intermediary Grant Maker for the Know Your Neighbourhood (KYN) Fund
Find out which environmental agencies you need to consult about your neighbourhood plan, neighbourhood development order or CRTBO.
Volunteering boost for charities, libraries and museums for disadvantaged areas.
When and how to tell neighbours about building works on party walls, what to do if you've been notified of works, how to come to an agreement
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
Tell the council if you're worried that an older person is being neglected, threatened or being taken advantage of - also known as 'elder abuse'.
About your property boundaries, working out your boundary lines, boundaries and neighbour disputes, agreeing who's responsible for walls and fences
Reflects on relationship of transitional justice theory and practice
A Foreign Office research analyst paper.
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