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Some of our systems will be unavailable

Due to a local power outage your Council Tax, Benefits account and the Planning Portal will be unavailable on Saturday 6 December. We apologise for any inconvenience. To contact us in an emergency use our out of hours details.


Decision on local government reorganisation

The Government has confirmed that Surrey will move to a two-unitary council model following its review of local government arrangements. Read our full story and future steps.

Planning obligations

What are planning obligations?

If you want to make larger developments, you will have extra responsibilities. We call these responsibilities your planning obligations. Planning obligations almost always apply to developers. The most common planning obligations are linked to:

  • public open space
  • affordable housing
  • education
  • highways
  • town centre improvements
  • health

Infrastructure Funding Statement

Our infrastructure funding statements shows the projects we fund with money from planning obligations.