Coronavirus: changes to council services

New guidance for managing a funeral service during the coronavirus pandemic and MKC policy regarding attendance at funerals.

Here is the latest information about funerals (PDF, 175KB) which includes the number of seats/mourners currently allowed. 

Please visit Birth Registration to check how to make a booking. We are still open for registration.

Baby must be registered within 42 days/six weeks where possible. 

Blue Badge Applications

Please see Disabled Parking - Blue Badge Scheme for more information about extra financial help and how to contact us instead of visiting.

Business Rates

Please visit the Business Rates web page for more information about Business Rates and how to contact us instead of visiting.

Small citizenship events are being organised as certificates are received from the Home Office.  Please read your letter from the Home Office carefully before contacting us.  If we do not have your certificate we cannot make you an appointment and contacting us will sadly not speed up the process.

Community Transport

From 24 March Community Transport has been suspended until further notice. Please check Milton Keynes Council Community Transport for any updates. 

Council Tax 

Please see Benefits & Council Tax for more information about Council Tax and how to contact us instead of visiting.

New legislation has been passed to allow us to register deaths by phone. We are no longer seeing relatives face to face, however a telephone appointment with a Registrar is needed. More information can be found on death registration.

Highways

We're prioritising essential and emergency roadworks (e.g. pothole repair). Existing major infrastructure projects will be completed but the pipeline of new projects is under review. Visit the Highways and Transport Hub for more information.

Homelessness Prevention

Please call 01908 253481 or email homeless.enquiries@milton-keynes.gov.uk instead of visiting.  We are asking people at risk of no place to sleep that evening to call us before 1pm.

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Reduction

Please see Benefits & Council Tax for more information about Council Tax and how to contact us instead of visiting

Local Welfare Assistance

Please see Extra Financial Help for more information about extra financial help and how to contact us instead of visiting.

Marriages and civil partnerships are still able to go ahead. Attendee numbers will be limited by venue size and what can be accommodated safely. So please check our website/and your venue for full details of numbers allowed.

If your ceremony was unable to go ahead due to lockdown restrictions, and we have not spoken to you to rearrange this, please email us at registrars@milton-keynes.gov.uk

We remain open for notice appointments for those who live in Milton Keynes. Couples making a new ceremony bookings must ensure a notice appointment is available before booking/confirming a ceremony date so statutory lead times can be met. Please call the contact centre on 01908 372101 or book online.

For more details, please check our Marriage, Civil Partnerships and Other Ceremonies webpage.

Planning Applications

Please call or email instead of visiting: details at www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/planning-and-building

Safeguarding

Report any safeguarding concerns at www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/social-care-and-health/safeguarding-people-at-risk or call 999 if someone is in immediate danger.

SENDIAS (Special Education Needs and Disabilities)

Please call 01908 254518 or email mksendias@milton-keynes.gov.uk instead of visiting.

Taxi Licensing

Please call us on 01908 252860 or email taxi@milton-keynes.gov.uk instead of visiting (renewals only; new licence service is suspended)

Trading Standards

Call 0808 2231133 or email tsd@milton-keynes.gov.uk instead of visiting. You can also report a scam relating to coronavirus.