Council Tax and Business Rates is usually payable in 10 monthly instalments. We have got some flexibility with payment dates and can also allow you to spread payments over 12 months instead of 10. Please contact the Customer Contact Centre to discuss this further. There are lots of ways that you can pay your council […]
Read more of How to Pay Your Council Tax or Business RatesInformation about Government Welfare Reform is available using the following link to the Department for Work and Pensions website.
Read more of Welfare ReformThe Council is required under Part 6 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 to participate in National Fraud Initiative (NFI) data matching exercises. Data is processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018). We are required to provide data held for Housing Benefit and […]
Read more of Benefits and National Fraud InitiativeWe participate in the Cabinet Officers National Fraud Initiative which is a data matching exercise to assist in the prevention and detection of fraud. We are required to provide particular sets of data to the Minister for the Cabinet Office for matching for each exercise as detailed here. The use of data by the Cabinet […]
Read more of Council Tax and National Fraud InitiativeHyndburn Council believes in listening, taking account and responding to your views. As part of our continuing commitment to provide the best possible services to all our customers, we need to know when you are dissatisfied with the service you have received, how you think it could be improved and when we are getting something […]
Read more of Comments, Compliments and ComplaintsThe Self-Build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 places a duty on councils to keep (and publish) a register of individuals and community groups (associations of individuals) locally who want to acquire land for self-build homes and to have regard to these registers in carrying out the following functions: planning (including preparation of local plans); housing; […]
Read more of Self-Build RegisterLocal Plan preparation The allocation of sites to accommodate future development requirements is an important element of the plan making process in the Borough. Initial Local Plan preparation work at the three Regulation 18 stages was towards the preparation of a separate Site Allocations DPD. However, the decision was taken in 2021 to combine it […]
Read more of Site AllocationsProvision is identified within Hyndburn for Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople up to 2016 through the adopted Hyndburn Core Strategy. Policy H3 of the adopted Core Strategy made this provision through the identification of a new site at Sankey House Farm which has now been delivered. The Gypsy and Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Accommodation Assessment – Final report August […]
Read more of Provision for Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People in HyndburnThe buildings and structures within the following download have been recognised as having local architectural and/or historic interest. They are identified in the conservation area appraisals carried out to date and will be added to as further study of the local area is undertaken. View the list of local Listed Buildings in Hyndburn.
Read more of Locally Listed Buildings in HyndburnThe Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is a document that identifies suitable land for future housing development in Hyndburn. Ensuring that there is an adequate and responsive supply of land is a key objective of the planning system. In order to meet this objective Local Planning Authorities are required to identify sufficient available, suitable and deliverable sites to meet […]
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