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Due to essential maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 6.00pm on Monday 2 October until 8.00am on Tuesday 3 October: our online council tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. You will also not be able to register to pay council tax online, make a change of address for council tax or cancel single person discount. You are still able to make a payment during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Corporate Parenting Panel


As a local council, we must provide the care, support and security that young people need if they cannot stay at home safely.

Our Corporate Parenting Panel (CPP) is a committee of the council which oversees all work related to this. You can find more details about the membership and purpose of the committee, as well as details of past and future meetings, on the Corporate Parenting Panel website.

The CPP produces an annual report which can be downloaded at: