Services Online
The promotion of on-line access to council services is an important objective within Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.
This is currently supported by the provision of relevant information; downloadable and on-line forms; and interactive web-based tools.
This section brings togteher a list of services that are significant elements of our electronic services delivery portal.
Electronic Services Delivery (ESD)
- Council - Making a Complaint
- Council - Applying for a job with the Council
- Council - Notifying a change of address
- Council Tax - Applying for discount, exemption, relief and direct debit
- Council Tax - Making an enquiry about entitlement to discounts, exemptions or relief
- Council Tax - Making a Council Tax payment
- Council Tax - Making an enquiry about banding, balance, direct debit or payment due date
- Council Tax Benefit - Applying for benefit
- Council Tax Benefit- Making an enquiry about entitlement to benefit
- Education - Booking a course and other learning activities
- Education - Making a general enquiry about Lifelong Learning
- Education - Providing information for parents
- Education - Grants : Applying for a clothing grant
- Education - Grants : Applying for an Education Maintenance Allowance
- Education - Grants : Applying for free school meals
- Housing Benefit - Applying for housing benefit
- Housing Benefit - Making a general enquiry or notifying change of circumstance
- Licensing - Applying for a Liquor licence
- Licensing - Applying for a Street Trader licence
- Licensing - Applying for a Taxi Driver license
- Planning - Applying for planning permission and making a payment
- Planning - Enquiring about the status of a requested planning application
- Refuse Collection - Making a complaint about refuse collection
- Refuse Collection - Making a general enquiry about refuse collection
- Social Work - Applying for Home Care
- Social Work - Applying for social work services
- Social Work - Assessing need for social care (Single Shared Assessment)
- Social Work - Ordering and Supplying Aids and Adaptations to the home
- Transport - Paying a Parking Fine
Externally Supported Services
The following services are now wholly or partially under the control of the Hebridean Housing Partnership.
- Housing - Applying for a house
- Housing - Enquiring about the status of a repair
- Housing - Making an enquiry about status on waiting list (including points)
- Housing - Requesting a repair
- Housing Rent - making a payment
- (Housing - Requesting general information and advice)
Unsupported Services
The following services are not provided by CnES.
- Pest Control - Reporting general instances of pest infestation
- Pest Control - Requesting a service to deal with pests (including making payment where appropriate)
Internal Services
- Education - Recording pupil attendance in schools
- Education - Transferring pupil information between schools


