Do it online - Find it!
This page lists some useful links to help you find the information you need. We regularly monitor what visitors look for when they come to our Mid Beds website and the most popular search items are listed below:
Find Us
- Take a look at our Contact Us page
- View a map of where we are at Priory House, Chicksands - Mid Beds Council's main offices where Council Committee meetings take place
- Local Points of Presence (PoPs):
- The former Magistrates Court, Woburn Street, Ampthill, MK45 2HZ
- The former Magistrates Courts, 4 Saffron Road, Biggleswade, Beds, SG18 8DJ
Planning (Development Control) Information
- See progress on planning applications
- Search for: planning documents, planning application forms and plans
- Development Control Meeting Agendas and Minutes
- Planning Portal planning process information(including the ability to submit an application online)
- Planning Application Fees
- View the Local Plan Online
Building Control
Environmental Services including refuse collection and recycling
- When are the bins collected?
- Recycling information
- What can I recycle?
- Scores on the doors (Food related health and safety inspection results of local businesses)
- View the public protection register online
Committee Meeting Information
Councillors
Electoral Registration
- Information about the Register of Electors
- District Council Election Results
- Town and Parish Council Election Results
- Postal Voting
Information on Council Tax and Payments
- You can view information on council tax charges, billing and methods of payment on our council tax pages
- If you have a low income or are out of work you can find information and use our benefits calculator from our council tax benefit or housing benefit pages
- If you want to make a payment online
Transport Issues
- Abandoned Vehicles
- Parking Issues
- Mid Beds Transport Token Scheme (age range: 8-19)
- Bus Timetables (Beds County Council Website)
- Report a Pot Hole (Beds County Council Website)
Have Your Say and Consultations
- Mid Beds regularly runs consultations on issues that affect you. View the current consultations on our Have Your Say page.
- You can contact us to express your views on our website of ask a question about a service through our Contact Us page
Council Houses/Social Housing
Mid Beds no longer has any of its own housing to rent as the stock has been transferred to Aragon Housing Association. View the Aragon website for further information.
Concessionary Travel Permits
Details of the Concessionary Travel Permit Scheme, which allows free travel (for those who qualify) on busses and some trains
Leisure in Mid Beds
Flitwick Leisure Centre, Saxon Pool & Leisure Centre Biggleswade and Sandy Sport Centre - information on these three venues and others can be found on and from our Leisure Facilities page.
Further information and booking facilities are available through our Lifestyles midbeds page (please note this is not an email address) and the link to the Lifestyles on midbeds website run for us by Stevenage Leisure.
Street Lights
Report a problem with a street light to Beds County Council
Emergency Planning
Visit the Bedfordshire and Luton Local Resilence Forum website for practical information.
Independant Advice
Visit the Citizens Advice Bureau website to view contact details and general advice. You may also wish to take a look at our Life Events Page which provides links to other organisations and websites which specialise in providing advice and information on a range of topics.
Freedom of Information and Data Protection
You can view information on Freedom of Information and Data Protection on our website.
You may view our Publication Scheme which details what information is available and in which format.
You may make a written request for information under the Freedom of Information Act using our downloadable form.
You may make a Subject Access Request from our Data Protection Page.
Can't find it!
If you haven't found what you need in this list Search for it!
This link takes you to the Citizone Search Engine where you can find comprehensive information relating, not only to Mid Beds, but also many other council and voluntary organisations within Bedfordshire. View advice on how to make best use of the search facilities.
To only search within the Mid Beds website, please select Mid Beds District Council from the Specific Organisation list.
There are a large number of organisations indexed and they can be seen, together with links to their specific websites, on the Citizone Partners Links Page. Examples of other organisations regularly indexed by the Citizone search engine include:
- All District, County, Town & Parish Councils in Bedfordshire that have a website;
- Bedfordshire Heartlands Primary Care Trust;
- Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity (BedsRCC);
- Discover Bedfordshire;
- Bedfordshire Police Authority;
- Biggleswade Community Website;
- Bedfordshire & Luton Fire and Rescue Service; and many more....
