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Appoint a trusted helper to set up your Valuation Office Agency (VOA) business rates valuation account if no one in your organisation can register for one.
Guidance for local authorities on determining a prudent level of minimum revenue provision.
Overview of the main measures of the Localism Act 2011.
This guide gives basic practical information to councillors about how to be open and transparent about their personal interests.
How Billing Authorities can assist the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) in updating rating lists and the information they need to provide.
Find out how the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) calculates rateable values for restaurants.
The benefits management, monitoring and evaluation required by promoters of local authority major schemes.
How councils can deal with abandoned shopping and luggage trolleys, including who to consult, disposal and claiming costs.
Government appraisal tool, plus information on using and understanding the tool, to help councils assess the costs and benefits of local speed limit schemes.
Details on the conditions councils must meet to receive scheme grants. Includes how and when funding payments are reconciled, including across council boundaries.
Guidelines to traffic commissioners, the limousine industry and the public on the operation of minibuses, limousines and similar vehicles.
The Digital Connectivity Portal provides guidance for local authorities and network providers on improving connectivity in local areas.
Funding instruction to support local authorities under Asylum Full Dispersal.
Form for local highway authorities in England to apply for a lane rental scheme.
How local authorities can calculate reimbursement to bus operators that carry concessionary passholders.
Fill in form VO BR25 if the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has asked you to confirm information about a self-catering holiday let in Wales.
Find out how the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) calculates rateable values for day nurseries.
How the Valuation Office Agency uses model assisted valuation and mass appraisal to support large-scale valuation.
These guidance notes set out the terms under which the department will make emergency financial assistance available to local authorities.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2023 Supporting Small Business Relief scheme.
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