Services beginning with letter "A"

Abandoned vehicles
- Reporting abandoned vehicles
  
  Is there an abandoned vehicle in your area? The Council will investigate cars and other vehicles that have been dumped.
Access to information
- Freedom of Information
  
  The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 came into effect on 1 January 2005. The Act gives a statutory right of access to all information held by public authorities subject to some exemptions.
- Your rights
  
  Individual rights in relation to Data Protection
- Accessing your information
  
  Find out how you can see the information the council holds on you.
- Data Protection
  
  The Data Protection Act works in two ways.
Accident prevention
- Accidents
  
  Accidents are a major cause of injury, disability and death, particularly among young children and older people. In England, accidents are responsible for 10,000 deaths a year.
After school care
- After school play service
  
  We offer a service run in conjuction with schools that focuses on arts and play.
AIDS and HIV
- Support for children with HIV
  
  Children may be HIV positive, or have parents who are.
Air pollution
- Pollution - air
  
  The Environmental Protection Unit operates an automated air pollution monitoring station and a number of individual diffusion tube sites throughout the borough.
- Pollution control - air handling units
  
  Information on health risks associated with air conditioning.
- Pollution Control - Clean Air Act Approval
  
  The Clean Air Act, 1993, introduced a wide range of new regulations such as those which control smoke emissions and the height of chimneys and those relating to the content and composition of motor fuels.
- Public Health - cooling tower notification
  
  All premises where cooling towers and evaporative condensers are situated must register with the local authority under The Notification of Cooling Towers and Evaporative Condensers Regulations 1992.
Aldenham
- Aldenham
  
  This secluded little village remains unspoilt and the parish itself is largely unchanged since Saxon times when the majority of the land was owned by the Abbots of Westminster Abbey.
Allotments
- Allotments
  
  Allotment gardening provides a wide range of benefits to communities and the environment.
Animal licences
- Licence - zoos
  
  Zoos are regulated by the Council under the Zoo Licensing Act 1981.
Animal rights and welfare
- Animal welfare
  
  Within the council, animal control is a high profile service, providing not only the control of stray dogs, but also many other aspects regarding Animal Welfare.
Animals
- Stray animals
  
  Hertsmere Borough Council has a duty to collect and detain stray dogs and other animals.
- Animal fouling and dead animals
  
  Information on how to deal with animal waste and dead animals.