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Report it online

Use our online reporting system to send us reports and requests about:

  • Missed household bin collections, damaged household bins, overflowing public litter bins etc
  • Fly-tipping, litter, graffiti, broken glass, debris removal etc
  • Potholes, abandoned vehicles, public drains, traffic signals, signage, street lighting etc.

Customer services

Payment service

You can call our freephone number 0800 389 1977 to make payments for:

  • Council Tax
  • Business Rates
  • Parking Fines (PCN)
  • Invoices
  • Housing Benefit overpayments

Contacting customer services

Use our online form and avoid waiting on the phone.

You can contact customer services by calling 01733 747474 (9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday). Please be aware that the call centre often has a high volumes of calls and waiting times vary, particularly during Monday, and Friday and lunchtimes. You can also contact some services directly (listed below).

Customer service desk

We have a small customer services desk based at Peterborough Town Hall for the public. Peterborough Town Hall is open from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Please note we don't have any self-serve computers or phones available for public use.

Postal and visiting address:
Peterborough City Council
Town Hall
Bridge Street
Peterborough
PE1 1HF.

Service departments and emergency contacts

General enquires email - ask@peterborough.gov.uk.

Adult services online enquiry form

You can call the following departments directly. 
Phone lines open between 9am and 5pm.

Please note: the Planning and Building Control Team is experiencing technical issues with their telephone line. If you have any enquiries or would like to book an inspection, please email buildingcontrol@peterborough.gov.uk. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Please only contact the emergency numbers outside of our normal business hours only (5pm - 9am and at weekends/on bank holidays):

  • Social Care emergencies - 01733 234724
  • Highway and Street Lighting emergencies - 0845 604 3127 (calls cost 5p per minute plus your telephone company’s network access charge)
  • Any other emergency out of normal business hours - 01733 864157

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Complaints and feedback

We are committed to listening to the views of our residents to improve the services we provide. Visit our complaints and feedback page.

Jobs and careers

You can find out about available vacancies at the council on our jobs portal.

Press and media

All media enquiries and requests for interviews, filming and photography should be directed to our Communication Team news desk.

Last updated: 23 December 2025