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County council and local councils
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.
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