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What services we provide
This page summarises what services Colchester Borough Council provides and what services Essex County Council provide.
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What services we provide
What services Essex County Council provide
We provide the following services:
Abandoned and nuisance vehicles
Allotments
Aqua Springs
Building Control
Business Rates
Car Parks
Cemetery and Crematorium
Charter Hall
Colchester + Ipswich Museums
Leisure World
Council Tax
Benefits
Dogs - microchipping, lost and found dogs, dog fouling
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Environmental health
Housing
Licensing
Market and street trading
Noise and nuisance
Parks
Pest control
Planning
Playgrounds
Pollution
Recycling and rubbish - including reporting missed collections, check your collection day
Residents parking
Sports and recreation grounds
Street care - Graffiti, dog fouling, abandoned vehicles, litter bins
Town Hall weddings and events
Essex County Council provide the following services:
Activities, arts and heritage
Cultural services
Heritage
Visit Essex
Births, ceremonies and deaths
Births
Deaths
Marriages and ceremonies
Blue badges
Business advice
Education and schools
Schools
Travel to school
Early years and childcare
Adult community learning
Apprenticeships
Environmental issues
Health and social care
Libraries
Planning
Recycling centres
Essex Record Office
Trading standards
Transport and roads
Report a pothole
Report a highway problem
Roads and pavements
Street lighting
Live travel information
Public transport, public rights of way, cycling, train, driving, park and ride
Highway schemes and developments
Waste strategy
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