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  • Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.

  • Regulations for local authorities on how to approach, carry out and review the enforcement of parking restrictions.

  • The Valuation Office Agency does not usually change your rateable value if your property is in a state of disrepair. There are however, exceptions to this.

  • Best practice guidance to help local licensing authorities to carry out their taxi and private hire vehicle licensing functions.

  • This transparency code sets out what information smaller authorities should be publishing.

  • 'Manual for streets 2' expands on the design advice in 'Manual for Streets 1' to include how to plan and improve busy urban and rural streets.

  • How government funds councils for thank you payments and tariffs. Includes two-tier and devolved administrations, education, record keeping, and reconciliation.

  • Areas in England which operate civil parking enforcement.

  • How to apply for a Street Works Act (SWA) code to carry out streetworks.

  • VOA Rent Officers carry out a range of statutory duties covering rental data, fair rent and housing benefit valuations and also provide DWP annually with current Local Housing Allowance rates.

  • The Publicity Code provides guidance on the content, style, distribution and cost of local authority publicity.

  • The Single Data List is a list of all the datasets that local government must submit to central government.

  • Summarises the Traffic Management Act 2004, which gives powers to reduce road traffic congestion in towns and cities.

  • This guidance is intended to support billing authorities in administering the 2023/24 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme.

  • How local authorities can set local speed limits and guidance on how these speed limits are determined.

  • Guidance for English local highway authorities on developing proposals to operate a lane rental scheme.

  • This guidance is intended to support local authorities in administering the 2022/23 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme.

  • Guidance on the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 which outlines how in-scope buses and coaches deliver increased accessibility for disabled people

  • List of certifications granted by the Secretary of State for Transport for approved devices, CCTV and associated evidence-recording equipment.

  • Election cycles by type of local authority in England.