Registering for a My Buckinghamshire account
Overview
My Buckinghamshire is a customer account system launched in 2024 to replace the previous district and county systems.
You can use a 'My Buckinghamshire' account to:
- keep a record of your requests to the council
- save your progress, if you want to return to a form later
- check your account for any updates
If you're registering for an account for the first time, you’ll need to enter your details and activate your account when we send you an email.
Step 1. Visit My Buckinghamshire
- Visit the My Buckinghamshire website.
- Go to the section titled ‘Register’. This will be on the right-hand side of the screen if you’re on a desktop computer. If you're on a mobile device, you may need to scroll down to see it.
Step 2. Register your details
- Complete the section under the heading ‘Register’.
- Enter your email address.
- Enter your first and last name.
- Create a unique password.
- Agree to our terms and conditions and select ‘Register’.

Example of our My Buckinghamshire sign in and register screen.
Help creating a password
Your password must:
- contain between 10 and 30 characters in length
- contain at least one letter and one number
- contain at least one special character like !"@$%&()`*,-/:;<=>?_^~{} (this cannot be the first character)
- be different from any previous password
Your password cannot:
- use repeating characters (for example, aaa64135)
- contain your ‘Sign-In ID’
- contain the part of your e-mail address before the @
Enter your phone number and address
- You’ll see a screen titled ‘Further information’.
- Enter your phone number with no spaces.
- Enter your postcode and select ‘Go’.
- Select your address from the drop-down menu.
- If your address is not showing, select ‘Address not found’ and enter your address manually.
- If you’re registering as part of a business, select ‘I am a business customer’.
- Select ‘Continue’.

Example of our My Buckinghamshire further information screen.
Complete your registration
- Tick the box next to ‘E-news’ if you’re happy to be sent email updates.
- Select ‘Continue’ to complete your registration.
- You’ll see a screen that says ‘Activate your account now’. You can now leave the My Buckinghamshire website and go to your emails to activate.

Example of our My Buckinghamshire subscriptions screen.
Step 3. Activate your account
- We’ll send an email to the address you provided. If you do not see it, check your spam or junk folders.
- Select ‘Activate’ in your activation email.
- You'll be sent to a webpage which confirms that your account is activated.
- Select ‘Sign in’ and input your email address and password to start using our online services.

Example of our My Buckinghamshire account activation email.

Example of My Buckinghamshire account activation confirmation page.
Help accessing your account
- Go to My Buckinghamshire.
- Go to the section titled ‘Sign in’. This will be on the left-hand side of your screen if you’re on a desktop or the first section if you’re on a mobile device.
- Enter your email address.
- Enter your password.
- Tick the box next to the words ‘I’m not a robot’.
- Select ‘Sign in’.
- If you’re unable to sign in, it may be because you have entered your email or password incorrectly or that you do not have a My Buckinghamshire account.
If you’re unsure if you have ever signed up to My Buckinghamshire, you could try registering for a new account using your email address.
If you receive the error ‘This email address is already in use. Please sign in using your email or select forgot password', you’ll know you have an account.
Use the password reset function using this email address to help you sign in.
- Go to My Buckinghamshire.
- Select ‘Forgot password?’.
- Enter your email address and select ‘Continue’.
- A banner will show that confirm that we’ve received your request.
- If we have an account linked to your email address, you’ll receive an email with a link to reset your password.
- Select ‘Change password’ in the email you received. The link is only active for 2 days.
- Create a new password and confirm it in the box titled ‘Re-enter password’.
- Select ‘Continue’.
- You can now sign into your My Buckinghamshire account.
If you do not receive a password reminder email
You may not receive your password reminder if:
- the emails have gone directly into your spam or junk folders
- your email address is registered to one of our previous online accounts and not with our recent ‘My Buckinghamshire’ one
If you’re having problems, try registering using a different using a different email address.