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Schools, Education and Childcare

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Council Tax

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Manage your Council Tax

Change of address or tenancy

Parking, Roads and Travel

Report a pothole

Pay your parking ticket

Planning and Building Control

View planning applications

Apply for planning permission

Building control

Benefits and Support

Help with rent and Council Tax

Make a benefit claim

Report a change in circumstances

Business

Commercial property search

Invest in Bedford

Your Council

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Committee meetings

Register to vote

Leisure, Parks and Sport

Find a leisure centre

Parks and play areas

Environmental Issues

Report fallen leaves

Request street cleaning

Book pest control

Social Care and Health

Fostering and adoption

Concerned about a child?

Concerned about an adult?

Licensing

Alcohol licensing

Animal welfare licensing

Housing

Housing and homelessness advice

Report an empty home

Apply for housing benefit

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

Register a birth

Book a registrar for a wedding

Register a death

Libraries

Renew and request

Library opening hours

eBooks, eAudio and eMagazines

Latest Bedford Borough News

Citizens' survey 2023

Bedford Borough Council asks residents to complete the Citizens’ Survey 2023

Norse Road Crematorium

Bedford Borough Council invites residents to a memorial service to remember their loved ones

Community litter pick

Bedford Borough Council invites residents to join in with a Rivercare Clean Up event