A to Z of council services

In our A to Z of services you will find each of the services that we provide, organised by the initial letter of an associated keyword or term.

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Dangerous animals

• Animals - health and welfare
• Animals - pest control
• Licences - dangerous animals
• Rabies Protection

Dangerous occurrences

• Civil emergencies - flooding
• Emergency resilience overview to civil emergencies
• Roads - safety - dangerous road junctions
• Safety - health and safety at work - advice and training

Dangerous structures

• Land and property - dangerous structures - public safety

Dangerous substances

• Household waste - hazardous waste - disposal
• Licences - poisons
• Pollution control - hazardous substances

Data

• Central Research

Data Matching

• National Fraud Initiative - Fair Processing Notice

Data Protection Act (DPA)

• Data protection
• National Fraud Initiative - Fair Processing Notice

Day care services

• Day opportunities
• Learning Disability Shared Lives Service
• Social Services transport - day services

Dead animals and birds

• Removal of dead animals

Deaf or hard of hearing people

• Libraries - special needs
• Sensory Disability Services

Dearne Valley College

• Adult learning in Barnsley

Death

• Advice and guidance on arranging a cremation
• Advice and guidance on costs of a funeral
• Barnsley Mortuary
• Birth - stillbirths - registering
• Buying a plot for a grave / funeral
• Death - funerals - civil
• Death - historical searches
• Death - registering
• Exhumation of a grave
• Headstone Safety in our cemeteries
• Information and advice on funerals and burials
• Information on conducting an independant funeral
• Public records of funerals (geneology and family history)
• Repatriation with a deceased relative from abroad
• Repatriation with a deceased relative within England and Wales

Debt advice services

• Housing Options, Advice & Homelessness Prevention Service
• Welfare rights - advice
• Welfare rights - benefits advice and assessment

Decent homes

• Housing - council - improvement strategy

Definitive maps (rights of way)

• Countryside - access land
• Public Rights of Way - General information

Democracy and elections

• Elections - electoral nominations
• Elections - electoral register
• Elections - results - publication
• Elections - voting
• Elections - voting by post
• Elections - voting by proxy
• Referenda - general information

Demolition (buildings)

• Land and property - dangerous structures - public safety
• Land and property - demolitions - control and advice
• Land and property - demolitions - enforcement

Demonstrations or marches

• Demonstrations and parades - granting of permission

Department for Work and Pensions

• Our partners

Deputy Leader

• Council - decision making process

Deputy Mayor

• Council - decision making process

Development management

• Planning - advertisement control
• Planning - decision notices - statutory register
• Planning - Development Management
• Planning - high hedges
• Planning - listed buildings - statutory register
• Planning applications - business property
• Planning applications - residential

Development plans

• Community planning - rural development
• Land and property - reclamation - support and advice
• Planning - consultation
• Planning - Local Development Framework
• Planning - local plan - minerals
• Planning - local plan - waste
• Planning - local plans

Diocesan records

• Council - parish and town council and councillors
• Public records of funerals (geneology and family history)

Direct payments

• Direct payments

Disabilities (employment advice)

• Disabled people employment and training

Disabilities (respite)

• Learning Disability Shared Lives Service
• Respite Care Services
• Respite/short break care for children and young people

Disability

• Disabled Go
• Disabled parking and Blue Badges
• Disabled person's bus pass
• Disabled person's rail card
• Equipment and Adaptations Service
• Equipment and adaptations service providers
• Getting help from Adult Social Services
• Housing - improvements - disability facility grant for a private property
• Learning disability older family carers
• Making Barnsley Council online accessible
• Podiatry Appointments
• Radar Key
• Sensory Disability Services
• Welfare rights - advice
• Welfare rights - benefits advice and assessment

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)

• Equalities and diversity

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) advice

• Welfare rights - advice
• Welfare rights - benefits advice and assessment

Disabled Go

• Access to council services
• Disabled Go
• Libraries - special needs

Disabled children's team

• Respite/short break care for children and young people

Disabled facilities grants

• Housing - improvements - disability facility grant for a private property

Disabled parking and permits

• Car parks - council
• Car parks - private
• Disabled parking and Blue Badges
• Roads - street parking - zones

District assemblies

• Council - parish and town council and councillors
• Councillors - surgeries

Doctors, GPs and hospitals

• Benefit - hospitalisation
• Leaving hospital
• Local Involvement Network (LINk)
• Podiatry Appointments

Dog breeding

• Licences - dog breeding

Dog fouling

• Animals - dog fouling

Dog litter bins

• Animals - dog bins

Dog warden schemes

• Animals - Dog Warden Service

Domestic violence

• Harassment - advice and support
• Safeguarding vulnerable adults from abuse
• What is Hate Crime?

Donations to the council

• Archives - donations and useful links
• Museums - collections
• Museums and galleries - loans donations and bequests

Drainage and sewerage

• Drainage - help and advice
• Roads - flooding - drains and gullies

Drink aware

• Alcohol - advice and support

Driving licences

• Licences - hackney carriage - drivers licence
• Licences - private hire vehicle - drivers licence

Dropped kerbs

• Roads - access to property
• Roads - vehicle access - kerbs

Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT)

• Alcohol - advice and support
• Drugs - advice and support

Dump-it sites

• Household waste recycling centres

Dumped rubbish

• Flytipping
• Refuse - litter enforcement

Dustbin collection

• Household waste - clinical
• Household waste collection
• Recycling - bags and containers
• Recycling - general information