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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RADAR key

• Equipment and adaptations service providers
• Public toilets
• Radar Key

Race relations

• Harassment - advice and support
• What is Hate Crime?

Rail transport

• Disabled person's rail card

Rambling

• Events - What's On

Ranger services

• Countryside - ranger services
• Countryside - volunteers

Rates

• Business rates - account enquiries
• Business rates - annual notification
• Business rates - reductions
• Council tax - account enquiries
• Council tax - annual notification
• Council tax - band reductions
• Council tax - discount
• Council tax - exemptions
• Council tax benefit - appeals
• Council tax benefit - backdated claim
• Council tax benefit - change in circumstances
• Council tax benefit - new claim
• Council tax benefit - overpayments
• Council Tax Benefit - Renewal
• Paying for a service

Rats and vermin

• Animals - pest control

Records offices

• Archives - Collections, publications and resources
• Archives - Friends of Barnsley Archives
• Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
• Elections - electoral register
• Public records of funerals (geneology and family history)

Recreation grounds

• Parks and open spaces - general information
• Parks and open spaces - outdoor

Recycling (waste)

• Household waste recycling centres
• Recycling - bags and containers
• Recycling - bring sites
• Recycling - general information
• Recycling - residential collections
• Recycling composters

Reference libraries

• Archives - Collections, publications and resources
• Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
• Libraries - business information services
• Libraries - general information
• Libraries - online catalogue
• Libraries - online information resources

Refugees and asylum seekers

• Asylum seekers - advice and support

Refuse collection

• Household waste - assisted collection
• Household waste - domestic bin provision
• Household waste - garden waste
• Household waste - hazardous waste - disposal
• Household waste collection
• Household waste special collections for large items
• Litter - removal
• Recycling - residential collections
• Refuse - commercial waste - collection
• Refuse - litter bins

Refuse tips

• Household waste recycling centres
• Recycling - bring sites
• Refuse - commercial waste - disposal

Regeneration

• Community development - regeneration projects
• Housing Market Renewal

Register of electors

• Elections - electoral register
• Elections - voting
• Elections - voting by post
• Elections - voting by proxy

Registration and inspection

• Animals - health and welfare
• Business - food safety - inspections
• Business - registering premises
• Health - public health - cooling tower registration
• Pollution control - inspection and regulation of premises - Part B processes
• Registration - acupuncturist
• Registration - food businesses
• Registration - motor salvage operator
• Registration - scrap metal dealer
• Registration - tattooists, piercing and electrolysis
• Safety - health and safety - regulation and inspection

Registration of births

• Birth - certificates - corrections and re-registrations
• Birth - historical searches
• Birth - registering
• Birth - stillbirths - registering

Registration of civil partnerships

• Civil partnerships

Registration of deaths

• Death - registering

Registration of marriages

• Licence - venue for civil marriage and civil partnerships
• Marriage - arrangement and ceremonies
• Marriage - renewal ceremonies

Registry Office

• Birth - certificates - corrections and re-registrations
• Birth - historical searches
• Birth - registering
• Birth - stillbirths - registering
• Ceremonies - naming
• Civil partnerships
• Death - historical searches
• Death - registering
• Marriage - arrangement and ceremonies
• Marriage - historical searches
• Marriage - registering a place of worship
• Registration - copy certificates

Regulatory boards

• Council - constitution
• Council - decision making process

Remaking Barnsley

• Business Advice
• Community development - regeneration projects

Remaking learning

• Schools

Rent

• Housing - council - improvement strategy
• Landlord Information

Repairs to council houses

• Housing - council - improvement strategy

Repatriation

• Repatriation with a deceased relative from abroad
• Repatriation with a deceased relative within England and Wales

Research

• Central Research

Residential homes

• Children and young people in care - alternative providers
• Residential and nursing home care
• Residential care for children and young people

Residents parking permit

• Roads - street parking - permits
• Roads - street parking - zones

Resource centres

• Adult learning in Barnsley
• Libraries - online information resources

Respite care

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

Restaurants

• Business - food retailing - information and advice
• Business - food safety - illness and contamination
• Business - food safety - inspections
• Business - food safety - regulations
• Business - food safety - risk assessment
• Registration - food businesses

Retirement

• Council tax - discount
• Keeping warm in winter - advice and support
• Older person's bus pass

Right to buy your home

• Housing - council - right to buy

Rights of way

• Public Rights of Way - Enforcement
• Public Rights of Way - General information
• Public Rights of Way - Maintenance

Rivers

• Civil emergencies - flooding
• Sports - fishing - information

Road adoption

• Roads - adoption agreements

Road and pathway maintenance

• Roads - bridge strengthening
• Roads - gritting
• Roads - maintenance
• Roads - maintenance - structural surveys
• Roads - pavements - maintenance
• Roads - pavements - obstructions
• Roads - pavements - personal injury
• Roads - snow clearance
• Roads - verges - maintenance
• Roads - walls - maintenance

Road cleaning

• Roads - flooding - drains and gullies
• Roads - safety - spillages
• Roads - street cleaning programme

Road closures

• Roads - closures and diversions
• Roads - stopping up

Road markings

• Roads - vehicle access - kerbs

Road markings and signage

• Road markings and signage - tourist signs
• Roads - markings and signage - cycle lanes and routes
• Roads - markings and signage - road signs
• Roads - markings and signage - street name plates
• Roads - markings and signage - yellow lines
• Roads - street parking - zones

Road safety

• Roads - safety - cameras
• Roads - safety - cycle training
• Roads - safety - cycling and walking to school
• Roads - safety - dangerous road junctions
• Roads - safety - pedestrian crossings
• Roads - safety - speed humps
• Roads - safety - spillages
• Roads - safety - traffic schemes
• Roads - school crossing patrols
• Roads - speed limits

Road safety education

• Roads - safety - cycle training

Road works

• Roads - closures and diversions
• Roads - maintenance
• Roads - road-works

Roads and highways

• Roads - access to property
• Roads - bridges
• Roads - enforcement
• Roads - flooding - drains and gullies
• Roads - obstructions
• Roads - pavements - stolen slabs
• Roads - stopping up
• Roads - street furniture - provision and maintenance
• Roads - street lighting
• Roads - street parking - enforcement
• Roads - street parking - pavements
• Roads - street parking - permits
• Roads - street parking - zones
• Roads - traffic lights
• Roads - weight limits
• Transport - abnormal loads - notification

Rodent control

• Animals - pest control

Roundabout advertising

• Planning - advertisement control

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)

• Animals - health and welfare

Rubbish collection

• Household waste - assisted collection
• Household waste - domestic bin provision
• Household waste - garden waste
• Household waste - hazardous waste - disposal
• Household waste collection
• Household waste special collections for large items
• Litter - removal
• Refuse - commercial waste - collection
• Refuse - commercial waste - special trade collections
• Refuse - commercial waste - trade bins
• Refuse - litter bins

Rural development

• Community planning - rural development