Moving home

What you need to know if you are moving into, within or out of Newark and Sherwood, including how to register for Council Tax and apply for benefits and financial support.

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Moving within Newark and Sherwood

If you're moving home within the local area, there are a number of things you may need to do.

Register for Council Tax

It's important to register for Council Tax at your new address.

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You will need your Council Tax billing number, which begins with ‘310’, to complete the form.

Re-apply for a Council Tax discount or exemption

If you receive Council Tax Support and/or Housing Benefit and are moving to a new address, you will need to submit a new claim.

Apply for a Council Tax discount or an exemption

You can complete the application before you move, but we recommend doing so no earlier than two weeks before your moving date. 

Apply for benefits and financial support 

You may be eligible for help with your Council Tax and/or Housing Benefit if you are on a low income or receive certain benefits. To check your eligibility and make a claim, go to apply for benefits and financial support.

You also need to make a new claim if you received benefits at your previous address and want to keep claiming them.

Make sure you update your address details with any benefit providers you receive support from, such as Universal Credit, by contacting them directly as soon as possible after your move.

Garden waste subscriptions 

If you have a garden waste subscription, contact customer services and ask them to transfer the subscription to your new address. 

Email: customerservices@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01636 650 000

Remember to take your brown bin with you when you move.

Book a bulky waste collection 

You can book a bulky waste collection if you need to dispose of large household items. 

Council tenants

If you are moving out of a council home, please contact us to let us know so we can send you a tenancy termination form to complete. 

Email: customerservices@newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01636 650 000

If you have moved into a council home, go to council tenants.

Apply for a parking permit

If you have moved to a street which has an on-street residents' car parking permit scheme, go to residents' parking schemes – Nottinghamshire County Council for a permit.

Register to vote

When you move home, you need to register to vote at the new address if you want to vote in UK elections, including local elections.

Landlords

We need to know if a tenant is moving in or out of your property so that we can update our Council Tax records. We do not need to know a billing number.