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Check what you need to tell your local council if you are organising a small street party with your neighbours

A guide to organising a street party - telling your council, closing roads, getting insurance and licences

Telling your local council
Street parties on quiet streets that do not affect the wider road network…
Closing a road
You’ll need to get permission from your local council to close a road.…
Licences
Alcohol and food A licence is not needed if you’re going to provide…

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

Overview
You must tell your neighbours if you want to carry out any building work…
Work you must tell your neighbour about
You must tell your neighbour if you want to: build on or at the boundary…
When and how to tell them
You must give notice to your neighbour between 2 months and a year before…
Reaching an agreement with your neighbours
Once you’ve given notice your neighbour can: give consent in writing…
If you cannot agree
You must appoint a surveyor if you and your neighbour cannot agree. You…
When works begin
When carrying out building works you must: avoid causing unnecessary…