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How to set up a new Council Tax account on a property you have recently moved into.
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) explains how domestic properties are valued for Council Tax bands.
Find out about the 2026 revaluation, how to find your current and future business rates valuations and what to do if you think your valuation is wrong.
This guide explains when a home can be removed from the Council Tax list, for example, if it’s derelict, being rebuilt, demolished, or now used for business. It also covers why homes undergoing routine repairs cannot be remo…
Guidance for traffic authorities on the use of traffic signs and road markings.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in interpreting the Non-Domestic Rating (Definition of Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure Hereditament) Regulations 2025 (SI 2025/1093) for the purposes of admi…
England's Blue Badge scheme plus user's rights and responsibilities.
Find out how the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) calculates rateable values for business rates.
Fill in and send this form to the Valuation Office Agency to challenge your Council Tax band.
Tables showing the Local Housing Allowance rates in accordance with statute.
How councils and national park authorities should deal with the removal of abandoned vehicles from land in the open air and roads.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2025/26 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.
This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2026 Supporting Small Business Relief scheme.
Fill in this form if you have a self-catering holiday let in England that is eligible for business rates.
Sets out the conditions that may be attached to street works permit schemes by highway authorities.
Areas in England which operate civil parking enforcement.
Code of practice for local authorities who have a duty to co-ordinate works in the highway, and for undertakers on how to co-operate in the process.
Statutory guidance that highway authorities must follow if they want to introduce, operate or vary a permit scheme for street works.
This page provides details about the circumstances under which you may be charged a penalty following Check or Challenge.
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