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This section provides information on applying for a new award and reviewing an existing award of a 25% Single Person Discount.

Trading Standards enforce a wide range of consumer/trade related legislation, for example the Weights and Measures Act 1985, the Consumer Protection Act 1987, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Consumer Credit Act 1974. The legislation involved is made up of numerous major Acts of Parliament and hundreds of regulations affecting almost all businesses to a greater or lesser extent.

If your kitchen caddy is lost or broken, residents on the food and garden waste recycling service can pick one up for free from several convenient locations:

A number of recycling centres and recycling points are available across the area to help you to recycle your waste.

Applications for Summer, October and Christmas holiday periods are now closed. Listings of successful organisations offering activities over the school holidays.

Elected Member Briefing Note 2025, No. 58

Elected Member Briefing Note 2025, No. 24