List of Services
Last Modified October 19, 2015
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- Find out information on how the council works.
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- Search, view and comment on a planning applications in Hertsmere.
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- Advice and guidance on coping in an emergency and how to be prepared.
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- Requesting searches is easy. Find out how to do it, how much it will cost & how long it will take. Plus information about our free expedited service.
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- Information and advice about Immobilise
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- Press release about pupils with Special Educational Needs from schools in the Hertsmere borough who attended an Inclusion event held at Arsenal's London Colney training ground
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- Information and Digital Services implement and support the technology and information management required to enable our services to be redesigned and transformed around the needs of the community we serve.
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- Information about the council's internal audit provision
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- Useful information for reporting issues where you live
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- Advice about control of Japanese Knotweed
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- External website to contacts for Job Centre Plus
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- Find about local authority jobs, working for the council and work experience opportunities.
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- Join our website testing panel - fill out our form to be sent early versions of Hertsmere web pages to help us improve our website to better benefit you.
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- Find out how to keep up to date with the latest council news and information through our social media channels, e-alerts and meetings.
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- Information on Kelly Court play area, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information about Kenilworth Park, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information on King George Recreation Ground, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Collect food waste more easily in the kitchen with a kitchen caddy and compostable liners, plus paper sacks for extra garden waste.
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- Knowing our community - statistical information relating to our community
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- External link to Gov.uk Land Registry page, including property ownership, boundary questions etc.
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- Information about Leeming Park, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information on Hertsmere's leisure centres, run and managed by Hertsmere Leisure.
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- Find out about the leisure facilities in Hertsmere run by Inspire All (formally known as Hertsmere Leisure), and the Motivate4 card.
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- Find out here about tenants rights to redress under the new legislation.
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- External link: information about your local library, opening hours and renewals.
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- Information about house-to-house collection permits, and how to apply for one.
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- Information about the licence needed to run a sex shop or a sex cinema and how to apply for one.
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- Information about a highway projection licence and how to apply for one.
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- Information about various licences and registrations.
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- Find out about the licenses needed for alcohol and entertainment, animals and boarding animals, charities, gambling, private hire and hackney carriages and trading.
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- Information about the Licensing Act 2003.
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- List of applications of licensing premises and notifications
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- Find out about Animal Welfare Licensing of Activities, guidance information, fees and links to all application forms.
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- Press release about the latest exhibition at Elstree and Borehamwood Museum.
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- Statutory listed buildings are buildings, objects or structures that have been judged to be of national historical or architectural interest. They are designated by Historic England.
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- We are responsible for street cleaning and litter-picking.
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- We can help you organise and provide equipment for a community litter pick
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- Information about Little Bushey Lane park, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information about local councillors, MPs and MEPs
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- Local Government Transparency Code details
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- Details about Housing Benefit for people renting from Private Landlords.
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- Searches are an integral part of the property purchasing process. Find out what your search will reveal & how to obtain copies documents.
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- We have a statutory duty to guide development within our borough, and use a number of policies and guides to do so. The Local Plan sets out policies which are used when planning applications are being determined.
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- Elstree Way Corridor is an area in Borehamwood which is a mix of businesses, commercial units, public sector services and housing. An Area Action Plan (AAP) has been prodiced which is a Development Plan Document (DPD) that will be an important consideration in determining most planning applications in this area. The AAP was formerly adopted on 8 July 2015.
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- Core Strategy Development Plan Document
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- The Policies Map relates to the spatial policies in the Local Plan 2012-2027.
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- The SADM Policies Plan has three main purposes:◾to provide environmental and other criteria, against which all development proposals and planning applications can be judged;◾to define sites and areas. These are shown on a policies map and include the Green Belt, towns and villages, town centres, employment areas, housing sites and open spaces. For site proposals (e.g. housing sites), the plan lists specific planning criteria or constraints to which development proposals should adhere; and◾to deliver the policies set out in the Hertsmere Core Strategy 2013.
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- Find your local recycling point
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- Information about theatres in Hertsmere.
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- We maintain a list of Locally Important Buildings in Hertsmere, which includes over 300 buildings of local significance. Inclusion on the local list provides extra protection for buildings which are not on the national register of listed buildings.
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- information about lotteries and how to apply for an operating licence or registration.
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- Who should apply for street naming and numberingWhen to apply and how to apply
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- Details on how to make a claim for housing benefit and council tax benefit.
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- Information about our management structure
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- Information about Mark Forsdyke Garden, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information about Maxwell Hillside Park, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information about Meadow Park, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Meals on Wheels in Hertsmere
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- Information about highway projection licences, performance and stage licences for school age children, petroleum licensing and scrap metal dealer registration.
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- Reasons your bin or box may have been missed.
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- An article about modern slavery and human trafficking.
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- Press release about the latest E-Safety Workshops in Hertsmere organised by the Hertsmere Schools Partnership, which were attended by 180 pupils.
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- Press release about the total number of people who attended exhibitions about the Hertsmere Local Plan.
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- Information on the registration and safety requirements for houses in multiple occupancy.
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- Find out more about Bushey Museum and Art Gallery, Elstree and Borehamwood Museum, Potters Bar Museum and local theatres.
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- Information about exchanging social rented housing
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- Information on the National Fraud Initiative
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- Press release about the success of the Hertsmere Local Plan exhibitions
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- Information and links about neighbourhood planning in Hertsmere
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- Press release about changes to animal welfare legislation which may mean more people in the Hertsmere borough will need to apply for a licence.
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- A dilapidated Potters Bar property which has been empty for more than 10 years will be getting a new lease of life following unprecedented legal intervention by the local authority.
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- This page provides details of new planning applications received.
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- Press release about the opening of a new soft play and climbing area at Furzefield Leisure Centre in Potters Bar.
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- Press release about a new sports club which is set to open in Hertsmere to cater for children with disabilities.
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- Statement about council staff using an injunction to tackle unauthorised traveller encampments for the first time
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- Information on Newcome Road play area, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Find out the latest news from across the council.
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- Information about a new council campaign 'No excuse for abuse'
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- Information on Oakmere Park, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information on how to comment, object or support a planning application.
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- Find out about your rights under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act and Environmental Information Regulations, and read our residents' magazine, Hertsmere News.
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- older people's day silver Sunday celebration grant
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- Details on how you can view details of your benefit entitlement / payments online.
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- Press release about online systems being unavailable on Saturday 28 July.
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- Information about reporting empty and derelict homes in Hertsmere.
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- Information about Organ Hall Open Space, where it is and what it has to offer.
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- Information on safe and successful events.
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- Health and Wellbeing Services in Hertsmere
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- Information about the out of hours callout service provided by environmental health
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- Details about Housing Benefit overpayments.
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- Find out about the role of our three Overview and Scrutiny committees.
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- An overview of the work we do with our partners to deliver sport and leisure opportunities.
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- Press release about an information evening to raise awareness about knife crime, gangs and county lines
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- Information about parish and town councils in Hertsmere
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- Information on Park Avenue park, where it is and what it has to offer.