Services

How to apply for a housing association home, types of tenancy agreement and the Right to Acquire

When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision

Get help and advice from your local council if you're homeless or about to lose your home.

Form TR1 to transfer a property.

• From: HM Land Registry

Apply for financial help to make your home suitable for a disabled person

Arrange for the collection of garden waste by your council

Private renting as a tenant - repairs, rent increases and arrears, settling disputes, deposits and your rights and responsibilities.

Application form OC2 for official copies of documents.

• From: HM Land Registry

Check your council's website to report a missed bin collection

Your council must help if you’re legally homeless or will become homeless within 8 weeks. Help may include advice, emergency housing or longer-term housing.

Search for an appeal against a planning decision or notice from your local planning authority, or start a new appeal.

How to search for information about property and land in England and Wales - find out who owns it, how much was paid for it, how to get a scanned copy of the deeds and how to check the property boundaries

How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.

Get help with your energy bills through the Warm Home Discount, home energy improvement schemes and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for businesses.

You can no longer apply for a Help to Buy: Equity Loan - find out about interest rates and how to manage your Help to Buy: Equity Loan.

Information about Housing Benefit from your local council - apply to help pay your rent

Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) helps homeowners on certain benefits pay interest on loans or mortgages - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim.

Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme

Tenant's guide to deposit protection schemes - your deposit, information landlords must provide, disputes and advice.

Application form ID1 to prove your identity when lodging an application to HM Land Registry.

• From: HM Land Registry