Find the council responsible for a service
2 tasks in suggested order
1. Find the local council/local authority responsible for the service in Great Britain
If applicable: If the relevant address/service is in England, Wales or Scotland.
Use your postcode to identify the council/local authority, then check that authority’s own page for the service. Local-government responsibilities differ by nation and by service.
Before contacting a council or submitting a local-service application.
GOV.UK local-council finder and the identified council/local authority website.
Your postcode and the service you need.
This is an authority-finder step, not a claim that every council provides the same services. Northern Ireland has a separate official council directory below.
Official source: GOV.UK
2. Find the Northern Ireland council responsible for the local service
If applicable: If the relevant address/service is in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland has 11 local councils. Use the official nidirect council directory and then the relevant council’s own service page.
Before contacting a council or using a council service in Northern Ireland.
The relevant Northern Ireland local council listed by nidirect.
Your Northern Ireland address/postcode and the service you need.
NI council responsibilities are not identical to local-authority responsibilities in Great Britain.
Official source: nidirect
