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      Includes applying to adopt, becoming a foster carer and private fostering information

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      Includes information for people who are 18 or over who have care and support needs

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      Includes care homes and sheltered housing

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      Includes information about health visitors, school nurses and public health nursing

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    • Adult learning

      Includes information about training courses across Somerset

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    • Choosing a school

      Includes information about catchment areas and admissions policies

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      Includes information about applying to start school and moving to a different school

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      Includes term and holiday dates, exclusions and school activities

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      Includes entitlements, the support available and the latest childcare news

    • Fostering and adoption

      Includes applying to adopt, becoming a foster carer and private fostering information

    • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

      Includes our Local Offer and the services available

    • School transport

      Includes information about different types of school transport and how to apply

    • Children

      Includes employing children, child protection and corporate parenting

  • Roads and transport
    • Problems on the road

      Includes how to report potholes, flooding and traffic lights

    • Signs and streetlights

      Includes speed limits, road signs and how to report faulty lights

    • Parking

      Includes paying or challenging a fine, blue badges and permits

    • Public and community transport

      Includes bus passes and park and ride information

    • School transport

      Includes information about different types of school transport and how to apply

    • Road projects

      We deliver Major Highway Schemes which have been identified through the Local Transport Plan (LTP) process

    • Rights of way

      Includes footpaths, bridleways and open access lands

    • Road works and road closures

      Includes information about plans for temporary and new works and closures

    • Road safety

      Includes how we work to make our roads safer

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    • Planning for Brexit

      What we are doing to plan for the UK leaving the European Union

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      Includes making your home safer and community safer

    • Community initiatives

      Includes community initiatives and community right to challenge

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    • Planning

      Includes applying for planning permission and reporting unauthorised developments

    • Waste

      Includes waste collections and recycling

    • Property

      Includes information about county farms and our land and building assets

    • Flooding and drainage

      Includes how we support flood prevention and planning

    • Rights of way

      Includes footpaths, bridleways and open access lands

    • Countryside

      Includes Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, walking and cycling

    • Emergencies

      Includes information about planning for emergencies

  • Business and economy
    • Do business with the Council

      Includes current business and contact opportunities

    • Supporting businesses

      Includes registering as a childminder and support and advice for businesses

    • Procurement

      Includes how we procure goods, services and works

    • Licences

      Includes approved premises licenses and permission for decorations on the road

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      Includes how to ask us questions about what we do

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      Includes the information we hold about you and how we protect it

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      Includes Data Protection and the re-use of our information

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      Includes the County Plan and the Business Plan

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      Includes Councillors, meetings and elections

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      Includes our budgeting and spending information

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      Includes how we work with other organisations

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      Includes how we set and meet our goals and your feedback

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      The future of Local Government in Somerset

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Do business with the Council

Do business with the Council

Supporting businesses

Supporting businesses

Procurement

Procurement

Licences

Licences

Do business with the Council

Pay the Council

Make payments for a number of services using a current debit or credit card

Doing business with the Council

Find contract opportunities to do business with the Council

Paying our suppliers

How we pay those that we have purchased goods and services from, or make contributions to

How to tender for business with us

For prospective suppliers interested in doing business with the Council

Community Right to Challenge

The right to express an interest to deliver services on behalf of the Council

Supporting businesses

Business support

We work with external agencies so that Somerset businesses have access to quality business advice and support

iAero (Yeovil) Centre

A purpose-built research, design and innovation facility in Yeovil, Somerset

Community Renewal Fund 2021 – 2022

The Fund invests in skills, community and place, local business and supporting people into employment

Trading Standards and Animal Health and Welfare

Trading standards and animal health and welfare on the joint Devon and Somerset website

Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector in Somerset

Promoting social, economic, environmental or cultural objectives to benefit society as a whole, or particular groups within it

SomersetWorks

A project that provides new opportunities for young people in school years 11 to 13

Somerset Recovery and Growth Plan

Developed in partnership with Somerset local authorities, business organisations and key stakeholders

Energy management

Includes advice on saving energy, energy management and funding

Connecting Devon and Somerset Broadband

Information about the programme to provide superfast broadband infrastructure

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is central to Government's 'levelling up’ agenda

Regeneration

Regeneration work brings economic and social activity back to communities that have suffered decline

Somerset Scientific Services

Scientific Services provide an extensive range of high quality analytical testing services

Visiting Somerset

Promoting Somerset as a great place to visit and stay

Business Continuity Management

Helps manage risks to the smooth running organisations or delivery of services

Somerset Enterprise Centre Network

Offering businesses across the county workspace solutions and business support

Somerset Economic Futures

Work commissioned by Somerset’s Councils to develop a series of potential future economic scenarios for the county over the next 5, 10 and 25 years

Heart of the South West Inward Investment Support Project

A project to increase foreign direct investment into the HotSW Local Enterprise Partnership area

Somerset Skills for Growth Project

Providing further learning opportunities to encourage career progression

Discretionary Business Rate Relief

This is currently administered by the District Councils within Somerset - from 1 April 2023 this will become the responsibility of the new Council for Somerset

Privacy Notice – Economic and community infrastructure

What we do with your personal data

Somerset Business Mentoring Programme

Help to support the growth of micro, small and medium businesses in Somerset

Filming in Somerset – Screen Somerset

We have countless stunning locations and Screen Somerset is here to help you find them and help your filming run smoothly

Privacy Notice – National Apprenticeship Scheme

What we do with your personal data

Privacy Notice – Skills for Growth

What we do with your personal data

Business Resilience Workshops

Helping businesses develop the skills they need to cope with uncertainty, survive in challenging economic circumstances, and take advantage of new opportunities.

Heart of the South West Joint Committee

A Joint Committee made up of leaders and lead representatives from each authority

Somerset Intelligence

Information, statistics, and reports on Somerset, its residents and businesses

Procurement

Procurement information

Details of the procurement information we publish

Commissioning information

We want to become a commissioning driven authority

Social Value and Corporate Social Responsibility

Our Social Value policy and how we advertise contract opportunities

Joint Strategic Needs Assessments

Commissioning to improve health and social care services and reduce health inequalities

Tendering and procurement strategy

Contract procedure rules and standing orders

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

Modern slavery, which includes human trafficking, is the illegal exploitation of people for personal or commercial gain

Licences

Parking permits

You can find out if you are eligible, apply for or renew a parking permit

Dropped kerbs and driveways

Anyone who wants to make a driveway onto their property, or 'dropped kerb', will need approval from us

Apply for a licence to do minor works on or near the road – Section 171

Before any minor works are carried out on or near the road you must get a licence from us

Apply for scaffolding licence

Permits for scaffold on the highway are only issued to accredited contractors

Apply to place temporary traffic lights on the road

To place temporary traffic lights or stop-go boards on the public highway you must have a licence

Trading Standards and Animal Health and Welfare

Trading standards and animal health and welfare on the joint Devon and Somerset website

Apply for a licence to dig up the road

Before digging up the public highway, the land or home owner must have a licence

Apply for skip licence

Licences for skips on the highway are only issued to accredited contractors

Weight limits and abnormal loads

A weight limit allows us to prohibit and restrict the movement of heavy goods vehicles

Apply for an approved premises licence

Licence a premises to be able to hold marriages and civil partnerships

Apply to put objects on highway land

We ensure that anything placed on the highway is in a safe location and does not inconvenience the public

Request permission for decorations across the road

Get consent to put a banner, bunting, flags or decorations across or along a road

Somerset Scientific Services

Scientific Services provide an extensive range of high quality analytical testing services

Providing transport

Become a contractor to provide transport services for schools and social care
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