Who provides your council services in Colchester?

Colchester residents benefit from and can access a wide range of council services across the city. These services will either be delivered by Colchester City Council or Essex County Council. This is because in Colchester, like most other parts of Essex, the local city or district council run services purely focussed in their local area, while the county council provide services spanning the whole country. This is what is known as two-tier local government. Below is a guide to who provides what key services across the city.

• Recycling and Rubbish Collections
• Planning and Building Control
• Housing
• Environmental and Animal Service - Including Neighbourhood Team, Food Hygiene, Licensing Museums and Heritage
• Housing Benefit and Local Council Tax
• Parking
• Leisure Services

• Education and Schools
• Highways (Improvements, Maintenance and Gritting)
• Social Care
• Children and Young People Service
• Libraries
• Waste Disposal and Recycling Sites
• Trading Standards
• Birth, Ceremonies and Deaths