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Abandoned Vehicles

Abandoned Vehicles

Online Services

Access Machinery and Crane Licensing

Access Machinery and Crane Licensing

Access to Information

Access to Information

Accidents at Work

Accidents at work

Accounts

Accounts

Actionline

Actionline

Online Services

Active Southampton

Active Southampton

Activities and Play

Children's activities and play

Acupuncture Registration

Acupuncture Registration

Adapting your home

Adapting your home

Adult Learning

Adult Learning

Adult Social Care

Adult Social Care

Advertising and sponsorship

Advertising and sponsorship

Aids/HIV Support

Aids/HIV support

Also See

Alarms for Elderly and Disabled People

Alarms for elderly and disabled people

Telehealthcare

Alcohol Advice and Information

Safer Drinking

Alcohol, Entertainment and Late Night Refreshment Licensing

Authorisation for the sale and supply of alcohol, provision of regulated entertainment (music, dancing, films, theatre, indoor sports, boxing and wrestling) and late night refreshment (hot food or hot drinks between 23:00 and 05:00)

Alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment licensing

Online Services

Animal Boarding Establishment Licensing

Animal Boarding Establishment Licensing

Animal Health and Welfare - Livestock

Animal Health and Welfare - Livestock

Anti-Social Behaviour Team

Anti-Social Behaviour Team

Arts and Heritage

Arts and Heritage

Asbestos

Asbestos

Audio services in the library

Audio books, DVDs, newspapers etc.

Barbers Registration

Barbers Registration

Benefit Calculator

Benefits Calculator

Benefit Changes

Find out about changes to the Welfare System and how they may affect you.

Benefit Changes

Also See

Benefit Fraud

Benefit Fraud

Bin Collection Days

Bin collection days

Also See

Bitterne Leisure Centre

Bitterne Leisure Centre (External link)

Bitterne Library

Bitterne Library

Bitterne Manor Community Centre

Bitterne Manor Community Centre

Community groups

Also See

Blindness

Blindness

Types of sensory impairment

Also See
  • RNIB (External link)

Blocked Drains and Sewers

Blocked Drains and Sewers

Bonfires

Bonfires

Also See

British Citizenship

British Citizenship

Building Materials on the Highway Licensing

Building Materials on the Highway Licensing

Building Regulations

Building Regulations

Bullying

Bullying

Burgess Road Library

Burgess Road Library

Bus Pass - Concessionary Pass

Smartcities

Bus Pass - Concessionary Pass

Online Services

Business Continuity

Business Continuity

Business Rates

Business Rates

Business start up

Help and advice on starting a business

Starting a new business

Business support and advice

Business support and advice

Busking Authorisation

Busking Authorisation

Buy With Confidence

Buy With Confidence

Also See

Byelaws

A list of all Southampton Byelaws in chronological order:

Byelaws

Canoe Centre - Woodmill

Canoe Centre - Woodmill (External link)

Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint

Care Assessment

Care Assessment

Care at home

Care at home

Care homes

Care homes

Carers

Carers

Also See

Casino Licensing

Casino Licensing

Online Services

Cemeteries

Cemeteries

Census 2011

Statistics and updates from the 2011 Census

2011 Census

Centenary Quay Major Development

Centenary Quay Major Development

Central Library

Central Library

Chamberlayne Leisure Centre

Chamberlayne Leisure Centre (External link)

Charitable Collection Licensing

Street collections and house to house collections - collections of money, goods or sales of goods for charitable purposes

Charitable Collection Licensing

Online Services

Children and Young People's Trust

Southampton Children and Young People's Trust is a partnership of organisations working to meet the needs of children, young people and families in the city.

Children and Young People's Trust

Also See

Children's Social Care

Children's Social Care

Citizenship ceremonies

Citizenship ceremonies

City Limits Employment

City Limits is an employment service offering help, advice and support to people who are disabled or who have difficulties finding work or training.

City Limits Employment

City Location and Maps

City Location and Maps

City View

City View magazine

Cleansing - Parks and Streets

Cleansing - Parks and Streets

Online Services

Climate change and flooding

Climate change and flooding

Clinical Waste Collections

Clinical Waste Collections

Club Premises Certificates

Certificates allowing bona fide qualifying clubs to supply alcohol and provide entertainment for members

Club Premises Certificates

Online Services

Cobbett Road Library

Cobbett Road Library

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) station

Geothermal district heating scheme

Commercial Property Search

Commercial Property Search (External link)

Committees

Committees

Common Land

Common Land

Community Asset Transfer

Community asset transfer is the name given to the transfer of such assets to a voluntary, community or faith organisation either on a long lease or freehold.

Community Asset Transfer

Community Care Grants

Community Care Grants

Community Grants and Funding

Community Grants and Funding

Also See

Community Information Directory

Community Information Directory

Community Languages Service

Community Languages Service

Community Learning

Community Learning and Skills

Community Right to Bid

Community Right to Bid gives communities the opportunity to nominate public and private land and buildings to be part of a register of ‘Assets of Community Value’ that are considered to have a value based on social interests or social well being.

Community Right to Bid

Community Safety

Safer Southampton

Neighbourhood Watch

Also See

Compliments

Compliments

Online Services

Compost bins

Compost bins

Concessionary bus pass

Apply for a senior citizens bus pass

Concierge Services

Concierge Services

Also See

Consumer Advice

Consumer Advice

Contacting the Council

Contacting the Council

Contaminated Land

Contaminated Land

Cooling Tower Notification

Cooling Tower Notification

Cosmetic Piercing Registration

Cosmetic Piercing Registration

Council Opening Hours

Council Opening Hours

Council performance

Council performance

Council priorities and values

Council priorities

Council values

Council Tax Reduction Scheme

Council Tax Reduction Scheme

Councillors

Councillors

Crane and Access Machinery Licensing

Crane and Access Machinery Licensing

Credit Licensing

Credit Licensing

Crematorium

Crematorium

Crisis Loans

Crisis Loans

Cruise Ships Health and Hygiene

Cruise Ships Health and Hygiene

Dangerous Structures - Reporting Problems

Dangerous Structures - Reporting Problems

Dangerous Wild Animals Licensing

Dangerous Wild Animals Licensing

Dead Animals

Decent Neighbourhoods

The quality of open spaces has a profound affect on everyone’s health and wellbeing. We are working to improve the quality of life of our residents by working with them and others on an ambitious programme of improvements to make our neighbourhoods places where residents of all ages can enjoy the space on their doorsteps.

Decent Neighbourhoods

Decision Making

Decision making (council)

Democratic Services

elections, electoral registration and voting

Electoral registration and voting

Demolition of Buildings

Demolition of Buildings

Online Services

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)

Directions to Southampton

Directions to Southampton

District Heating Scheme

District Heating Scheme

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence

Door Supervisor Licensing

Door Supervisors are required to be registered with the Security Industry Authority

Door Supervisor Licensing

Doorstep Crime

Doorstep Crime

Also See

DOVE Scheme

DOVE Scheme

Drug Action Team

Drug Action Team

Also See

Ear Piercing Registration

Ear Piercing Registration

Early Learning for pre-school children

Early years and childcare provision

E-books and downloads

E-books and downloads

Eddie Read Swimming and Diving

Eddie Read Swimming and Diving Complex (External link)

Education Welfare Service

Education Welfare Service

Electoral Registration and Voting

Electoral Registration and Voting

Also See

Electrolysis Registration

Electrolysis Registration

Empty Homes

Empty homes

Endle Street Recycling Centre

Endle Street Recycling Centre

Also See

Energy Saving Advice

Energy

Entertainment Licensing

Now part of the provisions for licensing premises for alcohol, regulated entertainment and late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003

Alcohol, entertainment and late night refreshment licensing

Online Services

Environment Permits and Licences

Environment Permits and Licences

Equality Scheme

Equality Scheme and equalities

Evaporative Condenser Notification

Evaporative Condenser Notification

Evidence - Local Development Framework

Evidence - Local Development Framework

Excavating the Public Highway Licensing

Excavating the Public Highway Licensing

Exclusion From School

Exclusion From School

Explosives - Selling Explosives Licensing

Licensing of Premises to Sell Explosives

Factsheets

Factsheets

Family Resource Service (children's social care)

Family Resource Service (children's social care)

Also See

Family Support

Family Support

Filming in Southampton

Filming in Southampton

Filthy and Verminous Properties

Filthy and Verminous Properties

Fireworks Registration

Fireworks Registration

Fix My Street

Fix My Street (External link)

Fly Posting and Tipping

Fly Posting and Tipping

Online Services

Food Business Registration

Food Business Registration

Food Premises Approval

Food Premises Approval

Food Safety and Hygiene

Food Safety

Food Poisoning

Free school meals

Free School Meals

Free school travel

School travel assistance

Free Time and Relaxation

Free Time and Relaxation

Friends of St. James Park

Friends of St James Park

Also See

Fuel Poverty

Energy in the home

Fund Raising

Fund raising licensing

Online Services

Funerals

Funerals

Furniture disposal

Southampton City Council's chargeable bulky household waste collection service for fridges, freezers, washing machines, cookers, lawnmowers, carpets, bed frames, mattresses, televisions, small electrical items, chairs etc.

Large items of waste - removal

Garden (Green) Waste

Garden (Green) Waste

Gateway

Gateway

Gating Orders

Gating Orders

Gender Equality Scheme

Details of the Equalities Act 2010

Equality Scheme and equalities

Geothermal heating scheme

Geothermal heating scheme

Getting Around Town

Getting Around Town

Getting Married

Getting Married

Getting to the City

Getting to the City

Gods House Tower Museum

Gods House Tower Museum

Golf Course

Golf Course (External link)

Governors

School Governors

Graffiti Removal

Graffiti

Online Services

Grants and Funding

Grants and Funding

School Travel

Energy grants

Disabled facilities grant

Also See

'Green' bin

Recycling

'Green' bin

Recycling

Green Flag

Green Flag

Ground Rent

Pay for Grount Rent

Gum Pollution

Gum Pollution

Gypsies and Travellers

Gypsies and Travellers

Hairdressers and barbers registration

Hairdressers and barbers registration

Hampshire Police

Hampshire Police (External link)

Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre

Health

Council health services

Also See

Health and Safety at Work

Health and Safety at Work

Also See

Hearing Impairment, Deafness and Seeing and Hearing, Visual Impairment

Hearing Impairment, Deafness and Seeing and Hearing, Visual Impairment

Help with debt

Debt toolkit - self help

High Hedges

High Hedges

Highways - Report a Problem

Highways - Report a Problem (External link)

Highways Licensing

Highways Licensing

Hinkler Green

Hinkler Green Park

Historic Environment

Historic environment

Historic Maps of Southampton

Historic Maps of Southampton

Hoarding on the Highway Licensing

Hoarding on the Highway Licensing

Home and mobile library service

Home library service

Mobile library service

Home Improvement Loans

Home improvement loans

Home Schooling

Home Schooling

House to House Collection Licensing

Charitable collections of money or goods made by means of visits from house to house

House to House Collection Licensing

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licensing

HMO safety

Housing benefit

Local housing allowance

Also See

How council decisions are made

How council decisions are made

How much is the council tax?

Council tax valuation and bandings

Importing Food from Outside the UK

Importing Food from Outside the UK

Industrial Pollution Control

Industrial pollution control

Invest in Southampton

Invest in Southampton website (External link)

Itchen Bridge

Details about Itchen toll bridge

Itchen Bridge

Jobs and Training

These pages provide information and advice to help you find a job.

Jobs and training

Join a tenant participation consultation group

Tenant participation

Journey Planning for Businesses

Journey Planning for Businesses

Key statistics

Key statistics

Large Casino Proposal

Large Casino Proposal

Leaving School

Leaving School

Also See

Licences, Permits and Registrations

Licences, Permits and Registrations

Business licensing

Life styles - sustainability

Life styles - sustainability

Listed Buildings

Listed Buildings

Littering

Littering

Online Services

Loan Sharks

Loan Sharks

Local Collections

Local Collections

Local Development Framework

Local Development Framework

Local Housing Allowance

Local Housing Allowance

Local Housing Offices

Local Housing Offices in Southampton

Local Land Charges

Local Land Charges

Local Strategic Partnership

Southampton Connect

Local Welfare Provision

Local Welfare Provision

Lodger

Rent a Room

Lordshill Library

Lordshill Library

Macmillan Library Project

Macmillan Cancer Support library project

Mansel Park

Mansel Park

Markets

Markets

Mayfield Park

Mayfield Park

Mayor of Southampton

The Mayor

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels

Members of Parliament and European Parliament

MPs and MEPs

Mental Health Employment Support

Mental Health Employment Support

Millbrook Library

Millbrook Library

Mobile Libraries

Mobile Libraries

Money Advice

Money

Mortgage Rescue Scheme

Mortgage Rescue Scheme

Also See

MOT test service

MOT test service

Multiple Occupancy Houses

Multiple Occupancy Houses (HMOs)

Music Services

Southampton Music Hub

My Journey Southampton

The Southampton Sustainable Travel City project

My Journey Southampton (External link)

Naming Ceremonies for Babies and Children

Naming Ceremonies for Babies and Children

National Indicators

National Indicators

Nationality Checking Service

Nationality Checking Service

Neighbourhood Watch

Neighbourhood Watch

New Affordable Housing

Affordable housing helps people who are unable to afford to buy on the open market or rent private housing. People sometimes call affordable housing ‘social housing’.

New Affordable Housing

News and Events

News and Events - home page

NHS

NHS (External link)

Non Medicinal Poisons Licensing

Non Medicinal Poisons Licensing

Nuclear Submarine

Nuclear Submarine

Nursing Agency Licensing

Nursing Agency Licensing

Oaklands Swimming Pool

Oaklands Swimming Pool

Objecting to a planning application

How to object to a planning application.

Planning applications

Office Opening Times

Office opening times

Older Persons

Older Persons Housing Strategy

Older Persons Discount - council tax

Online Local Development Framework Documentation

Online Local Development Framework Documentation

Opening hours

Opening hours

Oral History Unit

Oral History Unit

Ordnance Survey Redevelopment Plans

Ordnance Survey Redevelopment Plans

Organising an event

Organising an event

Out of Hours Repairs to Council Homes

Out of Hours Repairs to Council Homes

Overhanging vegetation

Vegetation overhanging the highway

Online Services

Parking - Blue Badge application

Blue Badge application

Online Services

Parks Friends Groups

Please find information on Parks Friends in the Community Group Listing

Community Groups

Pavement Cafe Permission

Permission for tables and chairs on the highway

Pavement Cafe Permission

Pavements - Report a Problem

Pavements - Report a Problem (External link)

Pedestrian Crossings

Pedestrian Crossings

Performing Animals Certificate

Performing Animals Certificate

Permitted Development

Permitted Development

Personal Licences

Personal licences to authorise sales of alcohol

Personal licences to sell alcohol

Pet Shop Licensing

Pet Shop Licensing

Petroleum Licensing

Petroleum Licensing

Pitch & Putt

Riverside Pitch and Putt

Online Services

Planning Applications

How to comment on or object to a planning application

Planning applications

Planning Enforcement

Planning Enforcement

Planning Policy

Planning policy

Pleasure Boats and Boatmen Licensing

Pleasure Boats and Boatmen Licensing

Online Services

Poisons – Non Medicinal Poisons Licensing

Licensing of Non Medicinal Poisons

Police

Police (External link)

Police - Special Constables

Also See

Population

Population and statistics for Southampton

Also See
  • Migration

Port Health

Port Health

Portswood Library

Portswood Library

Potholes

Potholes

Online Services

Premises Licensing

Licensing of premises for the sale of alcohol, provision of regulated entertainment and/or late night refreshment

Premises Licensing

Online Services

Preservation orders (trees)

Preservation orders (trees)

Press office

Press office

Priorities

The priorities that underpin all of the council’s work, they are supported by values which reflect the culture of the organisation and set out the way that the council operates

Council priorities

Private Hire Vehicle Operator Licensing

Private Hire Vehicle Operator Licensing

Procurement Information

Procurement Information

Proof of Age Pass (PASS)

Proof of Age Pass (PASS)

Public Access

Public Access is the online licensing register

Public Access Conditions of Use

Online Services

Public Transport

Public Transport

Also See

Public Weighbridge

Operators guidance notes

Public Weighbridge Licensing

Public Weighbridge Licensing

Publications for Sale

Publications for Sale

Quays Swimming and Diving Complex

The Quays Swimming and Diving Complex (External link)

Queens Park

Queens Park

Race

Race or hate crime

Equality Scheme and equalities

Online Services

Reading Groups

Reading Groups

Recycling centres

Recycling centres

Regeneration

Regeneration

Register Office - Contact Details

Register Office - Contact Details

Registering a Food Business Premises

Registering a Food Business Premises

Renewal of vows

Renewal of vows

Renewing Library books

Online Services

Rent - Council Housing

Rent - Council Housing

Report it

Report to the council using our forms library.

Report it

Request Works to Council Owned Trees

Tree management

Reserve or request a library book

Reserve or request a library book

Residential Services for Child

Residential Services for Children

Residents Parking Permits

Residents parking permits

Reviews of Premises Licences

Under the Licensing Act 2003, premises licences can be reviewed - please follow the link for more information

Reviews of premises licences and club premises certificates

Online Services

Riding Establishments Licensing

Riding Establishments Licensing

Rights of Way

Rights of Way

Riverside Park

Riverside Park

Road Opening Licensing

Road Opening Licensing

Road Safety

Road Safety

Also See

Road Weight Limits

Road Weight Limits

Safeguarding Adults

Safeguarding Adults

Reporting abuse and concerns

Also See

Scaffolding on the Highway Licensing

Scaffolding on the Highway licensing

School clothing grants

School clothing grants and vouchers

School Crossing Patrol

School Crossing Patrol

School health and safety

School health and safety guidance (External link)

School Library Service

School Library Service

School Meals

School Meals

School Term Dates

School Term Dates

School travel/transport

School travel/transport

Schools Job Vacancies

Schools Job Vacancies

SeaCity Museum

SeaCity Museum

Search the library catalogue

Online Services

Searches - land charges

Land Charges Searches

Selling Explosives Licensing

Licensing of premises for sales of explosives

Sensory Services

Sensory Services

Also See

Sex Establishment Licensing

Sex Establishment Licensing

Online Services

Sheds and Greenhouses on Allotments

Sheriff

The Sheriff

Shirley Library

Shirley Library

Shops and Markets

Shops and markets (External link)

Short breaks

Short breaks (External link)

Skiing in Southampton

Southampton Snowsports Centre (External link)

Skin Colouring Licensing

Skin Colouring Licensing

Skip Hire

Skip Hire

Also See
Online Services

Skip Operators Licensing

Skip Operators Licensing

Small Society Lottery Registration

Small society lottery registration

Smoke Free Southampton

Smoke Free Southampton

Also See

Snowsports Centre

Snowsports Centre (External link)

Social Fund

Social Fund

Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre

Southampton Outdoor Sports Centre (External link)

Southampton Quitters

Southampton Quitters (External link)

Also See

Southampton Water Activities Centre

Southampton Water Activities Centre (External link)

Sports and Leisure Centres

Sports and Leisure Centres

Sports and Leisure Centres

Bitterne Leisure Centre (External link)

Chamberlayne Leisure Centre (External link)

The Quays Swimming and Diving Complex (External link)

Outdoor Sports Centre (External link)

Southampton Water Activities Centre (External link)

Woodmill Canoe Centre (External link)

Southampton City Golf Course (External link)

St Mary's Leisure Centre (External link)

Southampton Snowsports Centre (External link)

Oaklands Pool

Sports Ground Safety Certification

Sports Ground Safety Certification

St James' Park

St James' Park

St Mary's Leisure Centre

St Mary's Leisure Centre (External link)

Starting a new business

Help and advice on starting a new business

Starting a new business

Statement of Accounts

Statement of accounts

Statistics about Southampton

Statistics, data and information on Southampton and region

Population

Statistics about Southampton

Strategies, policies and plans

Information on the key policies and plans for Southampton

Strategies, policies and plans

Stray Dogs

Online Services

Street Cleansing

Street Cleansing

Online Services

Street Collection Permits

Charitable collections of money or sales of goods for charitable purposes made in streets and public places

Street Collection Permits

Street Entertainment - Licensing

Street Entertainment - Licensing

Street Homeless Prevention Team

Street Homeless Prevention Team

Street Lighting

Street Lighting

Street Names and Property Numbering

Street Names and Property Numbering

Street Nameplates

Online Services

Street Trading

Street Trading

Student Finance

Student Finance

Students - Leaving school

Leaving School

Also See

Students Guide to Council Tax

Students Guide to Council Tax

Supervised contact scheme

Supervised contact scheme

Support for Carers

Support for carers

Support for Children in their Learning

Support for Children in their learning

Supported Employment

Supported Housing

Supported Housing

Also See

Supporting People

Supporting people programme

Sure Start Children's Centres

Sure Start Children's Centres

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Lifestyles

Sustainable lifestyles

Sustainable Transport

Cleaner and greener ways of travelling

Sustainable Transport

Also See

Tables and Chairs Licensing

Tables and Chairs Licensing

Tattooing Licensing

Tattooing Licensing

Telephone Contact Numbers

Telephone Contact Numbers

Temporary Event Notices

Temporary event notices can permit sales of alcohol, provision of regulated entertainment or late night refreshment on an occasional basis or extend existing licences. Strict time limits apply.

Temporary Event Notices

Online Services

Temporary Traffic Lights

Temporary Traffic Lights

Tenant Participation Unit

This section is dedicated to the needs of council tenants.

Tenant Participation

Term Dates

School term dates

The Quays Swimming and Diving Complex

The Quays Swimming and Diving Complex (External link)

Thornhill Library

Thornhill Library

Titanic

Titanic

Trade Waste

Trade Waste

Trains

Trains

Trees in Ex-Council Properties

Trees in Ex-Council Properties

Vacancies

Jobs with the council

Also See

Values

The five values define the culture of the organisation and set out the way that the council operates

Council values

Vandalism

Vandalism

Vehicle Crossings

Vehicle Crossings

Voluntary sector grants

Grants and funding

Voluntary, Independent and Private (VIP) Social Care Sector Training

VIP Social Care Sector Training

Also See

Ward information

Ward information

Watermark West Quay - Planning

Watermark West Quay - Planning application

Wedding Venue Licensing

Wedding Venue Licensing

Weighbridge – Public Weighbridge Licence

Weighbridge – Public Weighbridge Licence

Weights and Measures

Weights and Measures

Welfare Rights Unit

Confidential free advice. The service provides independent, confidential and free advice to Southampton City residents on all aspects of money, debt and welfare benefits.

Welfare Benefits and Money Advice Service

Weston Library

Weston Library

Weston Shore

Weston Shore

Wheel Clamping

Wheel Clamping

Wild Animals Licensing

Dangerous Wild Animals Licensing

Winter Gritting

Gritting and snow clearance

Woodmill Canoe Centre

Woodmill Canoe Centre (External link)

Woolston Library

Woolston Library

Young Carers

Young Carers

Your council

Information on your local councillors, council meetings and the decision making process, including elections. You will also find information on the council’s accounts and transparency and the latest council job vacancies and training opportunities.

Your council

Youth Offending Service

Youth Offending Service

Youth Support

Young Southampton - Advice for young people (External link)

Zoo Notification and Licensing

Zoo Notification and Licensing

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