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Langford House, Dishforth Road, Sharow, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 5BQ

Bins, recycling and waste

Your property's waste is collected on the following schedule:

Your garden waste subscription for 2025 has its first collection on Thu 13/03/2025 and the final collection on Thu 04/12/2025.

Your next collection dates are:

Please note that the information shown here may not reflect very recent changes.

Sign up to our text and email alerts which will notify you directly about changes to bank holiday collections. Residents can sign up to the service at my.harrogate.gov.uk or by calling 01423 500600.

Garden waste collection is an opt-in subscription service.
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For further information about the waste and recycling collection service, look at our bins, recycling and waste pages. If you have a question we haven't answered, please contact our Customer Services team.

Political information

North Yorkshire Council

North Yorkshire Council, a single new council for everyone in North Yorkshire, launched on 1 April 2023, replacing the previous county council and seven district and borough councils.

North Yorkshire Council electoral division:
Wathvale & Bishop Monkton ED

Information about your councillors

Other political bodies

Parish council: Sharow

Parliamentary constituency: Skipton and Ripon.
Information about your MP

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Council tax

Your property is in council tax band G.

The current charge on this property is £4,028.84

You can view your council tax account online to check your balance and view statements. You can also pay your council tax online.

More information is available on our council tax pages.

Planning and development

You can search the Council's record of planning applications for your property using our Planning Public Access website.

Environment

Flood risk

Check for any current flood warnings that affect your property.

More information about flood risk is available from the Environment Agency.

Tree preservation orders

My community

Education

See Ofsted reports for nearby schools.

Health

Use "NHS Choices" to find your nearest:

• Doctors
• Hospitals
• Accident & Emergency Departments
• Dentists
• Opticians
• Pharmacies

Transport and travel

Have you joined the Harrogate Car Share scheme to help cut traffic congestion?

Find out about planned road works and current road closures.

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

The Government is providing up to £210m worth of voucher funding as immediate help for people experiencing slow broadband speeds in rural areas.

Vouchers worth up to £1,500 for homes and £3,500 for businesses help to cover the costs of installing gigabit broadband to people’s doorsteps.

Check the Gigabit Vouchers (culture.gov.uk) website to see if you're eligible for a voucher at your address.

Superfast Broadband

You can check if superfast fibre broadband is available or planned in your area with Superfast North Yorkshire.

Leisure

Information about swimming pools and leisure centres.

Find out about the many museums and galleries in the Harrogate area.