In this section ...
You will find information about things that may effect your home
and your day-to-day life. Follow the links below or use the left
hand menu to find out more:
Waste & recycling
Information about the waste and recycling services provided for
Suffolk Coastal residents, including details of household refuse
collections, collections of green and paper waste and the new
wheeled bin recycling service. You can also find the location of
local recycling sites, buy discounted compost bins and find out
about the disposal of bulky household items and other services.
Green
issues
Information
about the key environmental issues facing the district, what
Suffolk Coastal is doing and what you can do.
Energy efficiency
Find out
about our energy saving light bulb library, our schemes for
domestic solar water heating, cavity wall and loft insulation,
energy efficiency grants and get help and advice from the Energy
Saving Trust.
Protecting your quality of
life
Information
about community safety and how to report anti-social behaviour,
litter, flytipping, abandoned vehicles and nuisance caused by dogs,
noise, smells and smoke.
Council Tax
Find out who
has to pay Council Tax, how much you have to pay, how to pay your
bill and what exemptions and discounts are available. You can also
search for the Council Tax band of a property and also register to
access your Council Tax account online and receive your bills
electronically.
Housing and Council Tax
Benefits
Find out about Housing and Council Tax
benefits, how to make a claim and how you can register to view your
benefit claim details online. Also, advice for landlords and
details of local Citizens Advice Bureaux.
Housing and housing
advice
Information, help and advice on housing issues for tenants,
landlords and homeless people. You can also find out about housing
grants, our Helping Hand home improvement service and how we
enforce housing standards in the private rented sector.
Planning permission and development
control
You may need to seek permission if you want to build an extension
to your home or make any major improvements. You can find out how
to apply for planning permission, who to contact for help and
advice, and even submit your application online. You can also use
the online planning register to keep an eye on what plans other
people in your community are submitting.
Planning policy
Information about planning policy, the changes being introduced to
the planning system, and the plans being drawn up for our
district's future.
Building control
If you
want to build an extension to your home or make any major
improvements you are likely to need building regulations approval.
You will find information explaining building regulations, who you
need to contact and how to make your building regulations
application online.
Flooding
Advice for householders on how to prepare for flooding, how to find
out about predicted tide levels and details of the Environment
Agency's Floodline.
Local land charge
searches
If you are looking at buying a new home a land search is a vital
part of the conveyancing process and a compulsory part of Home
Information Packs. You can find out how to buy a search, the costs
involved, and how to do it online using the new Suffolk Searches
website.
Licensing
Information about the range of licences Suffolk Coastal deals with,
how to get help and advice and how to complain about licensing
issues.
Street naming and
numbering
Find out about the numbering and naming
of new streets, naming a new property and changing the name of
a property.