Welcome to Test Valley
If you've just moved, here are a few things you'll need to do...
Register for council tax
To register for council tax or apply for council tax discounts or exemptions, please click here
Apply for housing benefit and council tax support
To see if you are eligible to apply for housing benefit and council tax support, please click here
If you need to apply for Universal Credit please click here
Register to vote
To be able to vote at any election or referendum your name must appear on the register of electors.
To check eligibility and to register, please click here
Order wheeled bins
You can pop your rubbish out for collection in a 240 litre black household waste wheeled bin, or a 240 litre brown recycling wheeled bin.
Don't have any bins at your property? Please click here to order them.
Check when your bins are collected
We collect your household waste and recycling on alternate weeks.
This means that we will empty your black household waste wheeled bin one week, and your brown recycling wheeled bin the following week.
For more informaion on how waste is collected in Test Valley visit our Household Waste and Recycling Collection Service page
Food waste collections
For most households, we collect food waste from grey 23 litre kerbside caddies every week. Small 140 litre grey-lidded wheeled bins have been provided to residents who live in flats or other accommodation with bin stores, and who already share their waste and recycling bins. We have also provided a small grey 5 litre kitchen caddy too, this is collect scraps in the kitchen to make it easier to transfer to your food waste outside. More information can be found at www.testvalley.gov.uk/foodwaste
To check when your bins are collected, please click here
Garden waste collection
We offer a chargeable garden waste collection service. If you would like to find out more please click here
To apply, check, pay or report anything else please use our Do It Online Services