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Information on inspecting garden and boundary walls
Contact your council to find out whether they offer a garden maintenance service for elderly or disabled council tenants
Arrange for the collection of garden waste by your council
Information on the potential health impacts of drought in England and the measures that people can take to stay healthy during these events.
Masterplanning is integral to creating well-planned and designed garden communities.
What to do if you’re about to be flooded and during flooding: who to contact, how to stay safe, how to report a problem.
How to successfully guide the development by creating a clear vision for your garden community.
To deliver a successful garden community you’ll need long-term support, local leadership, partnership and financial backing.
Engaging the local community and stakeholders can create a garden community plan with roots in the local context.
How to stop harmful weeds spreading onto land used for grazing livestock or growing crops, how to dispose of them and how to report them if they’ve spread.
Information about how to plan, design and develop a new garden community.
What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.
Your responsibilities and rules to follow for watercourses on or near your property, and permissions you need to do work around them.
Guidance on how to settle your hedge differences without involving the local authority.
The rules about having garden bonfires, burning domestic waste, complaining about a neighbour's bonfire, fines
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
How to dispose of dead wild birds or ask for them to be removed.
How to identify, stop the spread and dispose of Japanese knotweed in England.
How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
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