Apply

You can apply for many services online, just follow the links below:

Council tax

• Pay your council tax via direct debit
  Please note that if you need to let us know of a change of your bank account details you will need to fill in a new direct debit form  
• Council tax - receive your bill electronically
• Change of address form for council tax
• Change of circumstances form for council tax
• Council tax requested evidence form
• Council tax refund form
• Council tax tenancy information form (Landlords can advise us of a change of occupancy to their property)
• Enquiry form

Discount and help application forms

• Apprentice discount application form
• Care workers and carers discount application form
• Child benefit recipients discount application form
• Disabled band reduction application form
• Detention discount application form
• Empty and unfurnished discount application form
• Exceptional hardship relief form for council tax
• Council tax occupied annexe discount
• Patients in hospital or care home discount application form
• School/college leavers discount application form
• Second home discount application form
• Severely mentally impaired discount application form
• Single occupancy discount application form
• Council tax single person discount cancellation form
• Students discount application form
• Uninhabitable discount application form
• Youth training trainees discount application form
• Application for discount for a property requiring or undergoing major/structural alteration.  Please read this document which advises the types of repair and alteration included.

Benefits

Change of circumstances

• Benefits change of circumstances form including moving out of the area
• Benefits change of address form due to moving within the area
• Benefits application form for extra bedroom provision due to a disabled person [docx] 30KB

Apply for support

• Discretionary housing payment claim form
• Extra bedroom provision due to a disabled child application form [docx] 33KB
• Housing benefit and council tax support claim form
• Council tax exceptional hardship relief form

Supporting documentation

• Benefits requested evidence form
• Self-employed earnings form

Business rates

• Pay your business rates via direct debit
• Occupation form - advising of occupation of business premises
• Small business rate relief
• Vacation form - to advise when moving out of business premises
• Business rates refund form

Housing

• Social housing application
• Apply for a council garage
• Disabled facilities grant
• Right to buy your home (RTB1 form)
• Right to Buy Additional Information [pdf] 146KB

Planning and Building Control

• Planning applications
• Building regulations application forms and fees
• Street name and numbering

Parking

• Permits and season tickets

Councillors and meetings

• Speak at a council meeting
• Speak at Planning Committee

Other

• Allotments
• Food hygiene classroom-based courses
• Jobs
• Licensing
• Ashford general income and expenditure form
• Bins: request a new one
• Capital/Revenue Grant
• Apply for FACS Membership (Sports facilities)
• Community litter pick