Contact us
Contact our automated switchboard (24 hours) on 020 8314 6000 or select a service below.
Most requested services
Pay your council tax by direct debit
Use this form to set up a direct debit to pay your council tax.
Register for council tax (moving to the borough)
Use this form to tell us about a change in your main address.
Close council tax account (leaving the borough)
Use this form to tell us about a change in your main address.
Council tax address change (in the borough)
Use this form to tell us about a change in your main address.
Let us know we didn't collect your rubbish or recycling
Tell us if one of your bins hasn't been emptied or about another problem with your bins.
Housing benefit: new circumstances and evidence
If you are claiming housing benefit, you must tell us about any change in your circumstance that may affect your housing benefit entitlement.
Apply for or renew a parking permit
Parking permits for Lewisham controlled parking zones (CPZs) are now available online.
Pay a parking fine
Pay your parking fine using our online payment system
Find and comment on planning applications
Search for planning applications, appeals and enforcements by keyword, application reference number, postcode or by a single line of an address.
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Everything you need to know about rubbish and recycling, including your household collection day, where to take your old appliances and what to do with your garden waste
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