Rochdale Borough Council

You can use online forms to apply, through a secure connection, for benefits, school places, report missed bins, flytipping, make a payment and more.

All our forms on this page are listed from A to Z making it easier for you to find what you're looking for.
A to Z of forms

You can complete certain forms through MyAccount. It's your faster, safer and more flexible way to access your council services where you'll also be able to keep a record of your contact with us.  
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Most popular forms

• Make a payment - pay a council bill, fine or invoice
• Claim Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support
• Apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption
• Request a new bin - you can choose to report through MyAccount
• Report a missed bin collection - you can choose to report through MyAccount
• Remove bulky household items - you can choose to report through MyAccount
• Make a complaint, compliment or comment
• Report fly-tipping - you can choose to report through MyAccount 
• Report noise nuisance
• Report a pothole
• Order a copy birth certificate  

A to Z of forms

A

• Abandoned vehicles - report problems
• ACE staff awards - make a nomination
• Adoption enquiries
• Air pollution - bonfires, smoke problems and air pollution - report problems
• Allotments - apply
• Animal - dead on the highway - report problems
• Armed Forces registration - apply to be kept up-to-date
• Antisocial behaviour or antisocial activity - report problems

B

• Benches, bike racks and other damage to street furniture - report problems
• Benefits:
• • Apply for Housing Benefit and Local Council Tax Support
  • Report changes to your circumstances - you can report changes through MyAccount
  • Overpayments - make a payment if you've been given more benefit than you're entitled to
• Benefit fraud - report potential fraud
• Bins - assisted bin collection - request assistance
• Bins - missed bin collection - you'll need to report it after 5pm on your collection day
• Bins - new bin or problem - request a new bin or report a problem
• Birth certificate - copies - apply for copy certificates for births, deaths and marriages
• Bonfires, smoke problems and air pollution - report non emergency problems. In an emergency dial 999.
• Bulky household items - request a collection or find alternatives ways of disposing unwanted items
• Business rates - pay your bill now or set up Direct Debit payments through MyAccount
• Bridges and highway structures - report problems

C

• Complaint, compliment or comment - submit your feedback
• Complain about a rented property - submit your complaint if you're a tenant and having problems with your landlord or rented property 
• Community Trigger - request an antisocial behaviour case review - request a review if you're not satisfied with the response to your complaint about antisocial behaviour.
• Contaminated land - report an incident
• Council Tax:
• • Pay your Council Tax - pay now or set up Direct Debit payments through MyAccount
  • Apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption - some applications available through MyAccount
  • Sign-up for Council Tax e-Billing - you can sign-up through MyAccount
  • Check your Council Tax account and balance - you can check your balance through MyAccount
  • Report a change of address for Council Tax - you can report some changes through MyAccount
• Council Tax Support - Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support - apply

D

• Death certificate - copies - apply for copy certificates for births, deaths and marriages
• Design Awards - Rochdale Borough Design Awards - nominate the best in new development design
• Dog fouling - report
• Dogs - stray - report a dog unaccompanied that's in a place it's not permitted to be
• Drains - flooding, drains, blocked gullies and manhole covers - report

E

• Elections - opt in or opt out of the open register - ask us to remove you from the open register or to put you back on
• Empty properties - ask about bringing your empty property back into use
• Enforcement problems - report environmental problems. You can choose to report through MyAccount.
• Events - hold a public event - apply for permission

F

• Fixed Penalty Notice enforcement fine - pay a fine for an abandoned vehicle, littering and more
• Fixed Penalty Notice - pay a parking fine
• Flooding, drains, blocked gullies and manhole covers - report problems
• Fly-posting - report problems
• Flytipping, public litter bin issues or littering - report
• Footways, pavements and kerbs - report damage or problems
• Fostering enquiries - apply

G

• Graffiti -report
• Gullies - flooding, drains, blocked gullies and manhole covers - report problems

H

• Highway spillage - report a problem
• Highways and roads - signs, name plates, road markings or street furniture - report problems
• Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support - apply
• Housing - help with improvements and repairs - apply for help if you own your own home

I

• Invoices - Link4Life - pay

J

• Jobs - apply

K

• Kerbs - footways, pavements and kerbs - report problems

L

• Land - enquire about council owned land - includes land, garage plots and garden plots
• Land - join the grazing and stable land waiting list - apply to rent grazing and stable land
• Land - apply to purchase, lease or rent council land 
• Landlord Accreditation Scheme - free and voluntary scheme for landlords renting in the borough
• Landlord licence - includes Houses in Multiple Occupation
• Licences - apply for registration of a food business 
• Link4Life invoices - pay
• Litter bin issues, littering or fly-tipping - you can choose to report through MyAccount

M

• Manhole covers - flooding, drains, blocked gullies and manhole covers - report problems
• Marriage certificates - apply for copy certificates for births, deaths and marriages
• Mayor's youth awards - make a nomination
• Mayor and Mayoress - request attendance 
• Music Service - apply for music lessons or to become a member of Rochdale Music Service through MyAccount.

N

• Needle and syringe problems - report problems
• Noise nuisance - report problems

O

P

• Parking fine (Fixed Penalty Notice) - pay
• Parking permits - apply, renew, amend or report a lost or stolen permit
• Pavements - report damage to footways, pavements and kerbs
• Payments - pay a council bill, fine or invoice 
• Pedestrian crossing - request a new crossing
• Planning breach - report problems
• Planning permission - apply
• Planning and building - pre-application advice - apply
• Potholes - report problems
• Press office - contact the Media Office
• Property - empty  - report an empty property
• Property - bringing it back into use - submit your empty property details for review
• Property or street naming and numbering - request house numbers and house and street names

Q

R

• Recycling bin or problem - request a new bin or report a problem
• Road problems - report street lighting, potholes, flooding problems and more

S

• Salt bins - request a salt bin for your road
• School places - apply for a primary or secondary school place
• School - appeal an admission decision
• School - apply for early years education
• School - appeal an in-year transfer decision
• School - appeal a Home to School Transport decision
• School travel expenses - apply
• Smoke free pledge - pledge to make your home and care smoke free
• Smoke problems - report bonfires, smoke problems and air pollution - report non-emergency problems. Dial 999 for emergencies.
• Street lighting - report problems
• Street naming and numbering - request house numbers and house and street names
• Street naming - request street naming in memory of Armed Forces personnel 
• Street furniture - signs, name plates, road markings and more - report problems

T

• Temporary Exemption Notice for Houses in Multiple Occupation - you can choose to apply through MyAccount
• Traffic Calming Scheme - request speed restriction measures

• Traffic Regulation Orders or temporary use of traffic management - apply

U

V

W

• War memorial - request to add a name to a war memorial

X

Y

Z