Which Council does What?

Which Council does What?

Up to three councils are responsible for services in your area.

These are your local parish (or Town) Council, Chelmsford City Council (CCC), and Essex County Council (ECC).

The star signifies that that council has responsibility for the service.

Responsibilities

Essex
County Council

Chelmsford
City Council 

Parish or
Town Council

Abandoned Vehicles

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Adult Social Care

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Advertising Signs

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Allotments 

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 Arts and Entertainment

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Building Control

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Bylaws

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CCTV

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Cemeteries & Crematoria - including municipal funerals

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Charitable Street Collections

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Children's Play Areas

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Children's Social Care

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Civic Amentiy Sites
(Recycling Centres)

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Concessionary Fares

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Council Meetings

Council Tax
(including benefits)

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Cycle Paths

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Disabled Parking
(Blue Badges)

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Dog Litter

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Drains - highway drains

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Drains - private sewers

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Dropped Kerbs

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Economic Development

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Educational services

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Electoral Register

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Emergency Planning

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Environmental Services
Health

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Foliage Control

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Footpaths

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Graffiti

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Grass Cutting

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Gritting & Salting

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Highways


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Homelessness

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Housing

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Leisure/Sports centres

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Libraries 

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Licensing (all forms of)

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Litter

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Museums

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Noise Nuisance & Control

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Parking - car parks and residential permits

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Parks including playing fields

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Pavements

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Planning

Consulted

Pollution

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Public seats & shelters

 Public Transport

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Recreational Facilities

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Refuse Collection

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Roadside Verges & 
Roundabouts

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Social Care

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Social Housing

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Street Cleaning

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Sometimes

Street Lighting

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Trading Standards

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Traffic Management

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Tree Preservation Orders

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Tourism

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Waste Disposal

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