What's new ...
Loft and cavity wall
insulation
The Eastern Carbon Reduction Initiative (EasternCRI) has been
launched to give homeowners and tenants alike affordable loft and
cavity wall insulation.
Suffolk Coastal loft clearance
project
Scheme to help older or more vunerable residents clear their lofts
so that insulation can be installed.
In this section ...
Are you feeling the effects of the credit
crunch?
Round-up of the free information and
support that is on offer to help local residents deal with the some
of the worst effects of the credit crunch.
Waste & recycling
Information about the waste and recycling services provided for
Suffolk Coastal residents, including details of household refuse
and recycling collections and the location of local recycling
sites.
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
manage your Council Tax account online and receive your bills
electronically.
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.
Environmental
health
Information
about environmental health and how to report litter, flytipping,
abandoned vehicles and nuisance caused by dogs, noise, smells and
smoke.
Community safety
How to
report anti-social behaviour, contact details for the district's
Safer Neighbourhood Teams, and information about what Suffolk
Coastal and its partners are doing to tackle crime and disorder and
to encourage community safety.
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 people threatened with homelessness. 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.
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.
What to do in a major
emergency
Advice from Suffolk Resilience on what
to do should a major emergency occur in the district.
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.