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About the council
- About us
- Budgets and finance
- Byelaws
  - Byelaws in Christchurch
- Code of governance
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
- Have your say
  - Consultations
- How council decisions are made
- Information held by us and how to request it
- Insurance
  - Liability insurance claims against us
- Our Big Plan
  - Future Places
    - Future places board minutes and progress reports
    - Big Conversation
- Statistics, data and census
- Strategies, plans and policies
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- Supplying the council
- Our values and behaviours
Accessibility
Advertise with us
Apply for or register for a service
Benefits support and advice
- Council Tax Support
- Discretionary housing payment
- Housing Benefit
Bins, waste and recycling
- Bins
- Bulky household waste collections
- Commercial waste and recycling
- Flytipping
- Garden waste service
- Household Recycling Centres and recycling banks
- New to you
- Waste prevention
Business
- Business rates
- DBS Umbrella Checking Service
- Our enforcement policy
- Speed
- Street Food Corner Trader
  - Street Food Corner Trader
- UK Shared Prosperity Fund
  - UK Shared Prosperity Fund
- Whistleblowing
Children young people and families
- Childcare
  - Preparing your child for school
  - Special Educational Needs and Disability (under 5s)
- Children's social care
- Dorset Combined Youth Justice Service
- Help for parents with bilingual children
- Private fostering
  - Secure
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- SEND inspection
- Working in childcare
Communities
- Animal health and welfare
- Crime and disorder
  - CCTV
  - MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference)
- Helping the community
- PSPOs
- Public toilets
Contact us
- Contact us by phone
- Contact us online
- Out of hours services
- Social media
- Visit us
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Council Tax
- Change in circumstances, moving, refunds and other information
- Council Tax discounts and exemptions
- Council Tax scams
- Energy Bill Rebate
- New Properties
- Paying your Council Tax bill
  - How to pay your Council Tax bill
  - Problems with paying your bill
- Understanding Council Tax
- View your Council Tax online
Councillors, committees and elections
- Civic dignitaries
- Council and committee meetings
  - Attending council and committee meetings
  - Watch our virtual council and committee meetings
- Elections and voting
  - Annual household canvass (electoral register)
    - Annual household canvass (electoral register)
  - Elections and referendums
    - Highcliffe and Walkford By-Election 2022
      - Highcliffe and Walkford ward by-election results 2022
      - Highcliffe and Walkford by-election 2022
    - Highcliffe and Walkford Neighbourhood Planning
      - Highcliffe and Walkford Neighbourhood Planning Referendum 2022
    - Local and Parish Council elections 2023
      - Standing as a candidate in the 2023 elections
    - Police and Crime Commissioner election
      - Police and Crime Commissioner election results 2021 (Dorset police area)
    - Police and Crime Commissioner election results 2021 (Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole)
  - Electoral register and the 'open register'
  - How to vote
  - Parliamentary Boundary Review 2023
  - Past elections and referendums
  - Verification number
- UK Youth Parliament (UKYP)
  - BCP Youth Fund
    - BCP Youth Fund - Funded Projects
- Your councillors
  - Become a councillor
  - What councillors do
Disclaimer
Environment
- Air quality
- Contaminated land
  - Contaminated land and environmental searches
  - Contaminated land Register
- Emergency planning
  - Cold weather emergencies
  - Risks
- Grass cutting
  - Grass cutting
  - Grass Cutting Rounds
- Pest control
- Sustainability and carbon reduction
  - Using less energy at home
- Trees, hedges and foliage
Home
Housing
- Apply or report
  - Empty properties
  - Rent a garage in BCP
- Contacts for homelessness and housing
- Homelessness and rough sleeping
- Housing advice and support
- Moving to the BCP area
- Strategies, policies and performance for our housing services
- Turlin Moor housing development
Jobs and apprenticeships
- Apprenticeships
Leisure, culture and local heritage
- Allotments
- Beaches and quays
- Sports and activities
Libraries
- Borrowing
- Computers and internet access
- Drop-in advice sessions
- Events at BCP Libraries
  - Events at BCP Libraries
- Home library service
- Join a library
- Libraries newsletter
- Library charges
- Reading groups and shared reading
- Renew a book
- Search and reserve
- Help using computers
- Volunteer
Pay BCP
- Pay an invoice
- PCN
  - PCNRD
    - Challenge your parking fine ticket starting with RD
    - Pay your parking fine ticket starting with RD
- Stour Valley Enforcement Agency
Planning and building control
- Land and premises
- Planning Service Status
- The Thistle Hotel Demolition - Refusal Appeal
- Local land charges
  - Local Land Charges in Bournemouth
  - Local Land Charges in Christchurch
- Apply for planning permission
- Search and comment on applications
- Report a planning breach
- Building control
- Urban design, trees and conservation
- Planning policy
Report a problem or fault, or tell us about something
Roads and transport
- Apply to close a road
- Book an MOT
- Bridges
  - Bridge lifting
  - Bridges maintenance
- Dropped kerbs
- Maintaining our roads
  - Highway adoptions
  - Highway maintenance
  - Highways asset management
    - Highways asset management
  - Postal numbers, property names and street names
  - Road markings
  - Street naming
  - Street projections
- Projects, plans and consultations
- Report a problem on a road or pavement
- Road safety
- Roadworks
- Street works
- Traffic management
- Travel and transport
Schools and learning
- At school
- Educational psychology
- Free school meals
  - How to apply for free school meals
- Home education
- School admissions
- School closures
- School policies
  - Draft and determined admissions
- SoundStorm Music Education and Wave Arts Education
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