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Council Tax
Each household in Hertfordshire will receive a Council Tax bill from their District or Borough Council. The money raised through Council Tax is shared between the following authorities which provide a range of services.
Hertfordshire County Council
- Caring and supporting children, young people and families
- Caring for the elderly and vulnerable and people with disabilities, mental health, drugs or alcohol problems
- Fire and rescue services
- Maintaining and improving the road network including improving road safety through engineering
- Co-ordinating bus services and providing home to school transport for children
- Planning for and disposal of waste
- Responding to major planning applications - e.g. housing and mineral extraction
- Economic development
- Providing libraries, archives and local studies material
- Protecting consumers against poor quality goods and services, and upholding fair trading laws
- Community safety (crime/anti-social behaviour reduction initiatives) and emergency planning
Hertfordshire Police Authority
- Policing and crime prevention
District or Borough Council
- Housing and homelessness
- Refuse collection and street cleansing services
- Environmental health
- Leisure services
- Planning and building control
- Car parks and controlled parking zones
Town or Parish Councils
- Allotments
- Village halls
- Cemeteries and closed churchyards
- Council Tax Factsheet 2012/13
- Budget and Council Tax enquiries
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Council Tax information from the District and Borough Councils
including payment enquiries, appeals, arrears, refunds, valuation bands and benefits
- Council Tax - Explanation of changes in 2011 figures (PDF file 24KB)
- Council Tax Fact Sheet 2012-13 (PDF file 52KB)
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