Skip to main content
Bedford Borough Council
Login / Register

Services Menu

  • Benefits and support
  • Bins & Recycling
  • Business
  • Environmental issues
  • Council Tax
  • Housing
  • Leisure, parks and sport
  • Libraries
  • Licensing
  • Parking, roads and travel
  • Planning and building control
  • Schools, education and childcare
  • Social care and health
  • Your Council
  • Births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships

Breadcrumbs

  1. Home

Benefits and Support

  • Grants and funding
  • Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support
  • Welcoming Spaces

Bins and Recycling

  • Business waste and recycling
  • Clinical and hazardous waste
  • Household bins and recycling
  • Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC)
  • Mini recycling sites
  • What happens to your recycling and rubbish

Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships

  • Births
  • Citizenship ceremonies
  • Deaths
  • Marriage and civil partnerships
  • Order a certificate

Business

  • Business Rates
  • Commercial land and property
  • Doing business with the council
  • Farm businesses
  • Food businesses
  • Health and safety at work
  • Invest in Bedford
  • Markets in Bedford
  • Supporting our businesses
  • Trading standards

Council Tax

  • How your Council Tax is managed
  • Manage and pay your Council Tax

Environmental Issues

  • Community safety
  • Dog control and welfare
  • Emergencies
  • Fixed Penalty Notices
  • Flood risk management
  • Keeping Bedford Borough clean
  • Noise, nuisances and pollution
  • Pest control
  • Sustainability

Housing

  • Boiler replacement loan scheme
  • Disabled facilities grants
  • Empty homes
  • Gypsies and Travellers
  • Homelessness and temporary accommodation
  • Houses in multiple occupation (HMO)
  • Housing advice
  • Housing enforcement
  • Housing strategies
  • Mobile home and caravan sites
  • Tenancy fraud

Jobs and careers

  • Application guidance
  • Apply anytime vacancies
  • Careers in Children's Social Care
  • Our roles
  • School vacancies and other opportunities
  • Staff stories
  • The Jobs Hub
  • Why work for us

Leisure, Parks and Sport

  • Arts and culture
  • Community centres
  • Parks and open spaces
  • Sports and physical activity

Libraries

  • Children and teens
  • Home Library Service and mobile library
  • Libraries - do it online
  • Local history and community
  • What’s on for children and adults
  • Your local library - opening times, facilities and activities

Licensing

  • Alcohol and entertainment licensing
  • Animal welfare licensing
  • Gambling licensing
  • Other licensing information
  • Taxi licensing

Parking, Roads and Travel

  • Parking in Bedford Borough
  • Public rights of way
  • Public transport
  • Road safety
  • Roads and pavements
  • School transport
  • Strategies and major projects
  • Walking, cycling and riding
  • Winter roads

Planning and Building Control

  • Building control
  • Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
  • Conservation and heritage
  • Planning applications
  • Planning guidance
  • Planning policy

Schools, Education and Childcare

  • Bedford Borough Year of Reading 2025
  • Early years and childcare
  • Education welfare
  • ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages)
  • School governors
  • Schools and colleges
  • Secure area for schools
  • Special educational needs and disability (SEND)
  • Virtual School

Social Care and Health

  • Adoption
  • Adult social care
  • Bedford Borough JSNA
  • Children and families
  • Fostering
  • Health and Wellbeing Board
  • Public health

Your Council

  • About the Council
  • Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel
  • Councillors and senior staff
  • Data protection and access to information
  • Decision making and meetings
  • Elections and voting
  • Have your say
  • Statistics and census information
  • Website information
  • Your online Council service accounts

Footer

  • Contact us
  • Digital help
  • Privacy and cookies
  • A-Z of services

Footer Bottom

  • Find my Councillor
  • Pay, report, request it
  • Accessibility statement
  • News from the Council

Sign up for latest news

mayor

Contact the Mayor

 

gov uk logo