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Many councils provide community alarm services to support independent living in your own home
You can report obstructions on the road such as illegal signs, hedges, builders skips and scaffolding to the local council or National Highways.
Form ST5: Statement of truth in support of an application to cancel a Form A restriction.
Why you might be given a 'Fixed Penalty Notice' for an environmental offence by your local authority and how you can pay or challenge it
Find out how you can control pests on your property - help from professionals, methods you can and cannot use, protecting wildlife, getting a wildlife licence
You cannot buy or use fireworks if you're under 18, and you must not set off fireworks between 11pm and 7am, except on certain occasions
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Form DL: list of documents that accompany a first registration application.
Eviction of council or housing association tenants: grounds for eviction, notice period, and what a court can decide
Report litter to your local council
The local council must keep public areas like parks, playgrounds and pavements clear of dog mess - report a dog fouling problem to the local council
Find sheltered or supported housing from your council with facilities such as alarms or wardens: for elderly, disabled or vulnerable people
Set up regular payments to pay back your equity loan fees and charges.
Application form RXC: for a consent or certificate in respect of a restriction
Join a competent person scheme to self-certify certain types of building work instead of getting building regulations approval from a council or private inspector - how to join, current schemes
Form ST1: Statement of truth in support of an application for registration based upon adverse possession.
Application form UN1 to enter a unilateral notice.
The RTB1 form is the notice claiming the Right to Buy that tenants need to complete.
Application form UN2 to remove a unilateral notice.
Request a repair to a council property to your local council - urgent problems, Right to Repair, health, safety, security
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