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View your recycling calendar, order new containers and find out what to put out each week.
Search for planning applications, submit an application and find guidance and resources for navigating the planning process.
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Make a claim, manage your account and find helpful advice and support.
Find information on disabled facilities grant including stairlift grant, home repair loan.
Manage your business rates account, find out about our business waste collection service and obtain licensing.
Apply for housing and manage your account.
Apply for Building Control approval, check which supporting documents are required and how much it costs. You can also search for an application.
Report fly-tipping, find out about street cleaning or pay a fixed penalty notice.
Register to vote and find out about upcoming elections.
Book a pest control appointment, report a lost dog or report a noise nuisance.
Buy a parking permit, find car parks and information about road closures.
See and apply for our available positions, find out about apprenticeship opportunities and work experience.
Colchester Leisure World, Aqua Springs spa, Colchester Events, Colchester and Ipswich museums.
Apply for licences (including premises licences, taxi driver licences, temporary event notices), and access our licensing register.
Find information on what you will need to complete a local land charge search if you remortgage or buying property or land.
Devolution and Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)
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New rules introduced to help keep Colchester's rivers and coastline safe
17 July 2026
The PSPO will give authorities additional powers to address reckless and anti-social behaviour involving personal watercraft across Colchester's coastal waters, estuaries and rivers
Investing in homes and supporting families across Colchester
17 July 2026
Cabinet will consider the latest update to the Housing Revenue Account Business Plan at its next meeting, setting out how we will manage, maintain and invest in our existing housing stock of more than 6,000 council homes over the coming years
Leisure World launches summer junior swimming crash courses
17 July 2026
The intensive five-day programme is designed to help young swimmers make rapid progress, whether they are taking their first steps in the water or developing more advanced techniques.
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