Complaints and compliments

If something's gone wrong with one of our services, let us know

Highways

If you need to tell us about a highways issue, use our report it tool.

Adult and children's social care

If you would like to give feedback, ask a question or complain about one of our social care services, use our online form.

The length of time it takes to respond will vary depending on your feedback.

You can see how we have responded to complaints about our services in our:

All other Essex County Council services

If you have got a complaint about an Essex County Council service, let us know.

We will respond within 10 working days or let you know if it cannot be dealt with under our complaints policy.

Enquiries and compliments

If you have got an enquiry, and can't find an answer on our website, or you would like to leave a compliment, use our enquiries or compliment form. We will respond to enquiries within 20 working days.

You can also write to us: Compliance and Complaints Customer Services Essex County Council PO Box 11, County Hall Chelmsford Essex CM1 1QH

Our policy and guidelines

Read our complaints policy (PDF, 238.43kB) for more information.

For information on how we manage repetitive, unreasonable and persistent customer behaviour, read our customer behaviour guidelines (PDF, 151.48kB).