Overview
What we do and what we don't
If you live in Essex you’re likely to have services provided by, us, the county council as well as a local council, known as a district, borough or city council.
This means you’re represented by a mixture of county councillors and local councillors.
What we do
We provide county-wide services like:
- schools
- roads
- children's social care
- adult social care
What we don't do
Local services like:
- bins
- housing
- local planning
- collecting council tax
These are provided by one of the 12 district, borough or city councils in Essex:
- Basildon
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Castle Point
- Chelmsford
- Colchester
- Epping Forest
- Harlow
- Maldon
- Rochford
- Tendring
- Uttlesford
You can find out which district council area you live in using the find my council tool.