Essex County Council is developing a SEND Sufficiency Plan to set out how we and our partners will ensure that there is sufficient high-quality specialist provision, in both mainstream and special school settings, to meet the future needs of children and young people with SEND in Essex.
There has never been a greater need for a SEND sufficiency plan for Essex. The SEND population has grown significantly since the 2014 SEND reforms, with the greatest growth taking place in the...More
EPOA Parking Guidance Consultation for Essex
What are EPOA consulting on?
Essex Planning Officers Association (EPOA) has been leading work to revise the parking standards guidance to inform new development across Essex.
Parking guidance is referred to in policy in the district Local Plans and the County’s Local Transport Plan. The guidance sets parking for different vehicle types, design and location, dimensions for parking and a suggested quantum for...More
For a chance to win a food processor or one of two mini processors, all you need to do is answer the question below by 30 December 2023 :
What is your top tip to reduce waste when cooking and preparing your festive meal?
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Essex County Council - Budget consultation 2024-25
Everyone’s Essex: Let’s Talk
As Essex County Council shapes our financial plans for 2024/25 and beyond, we want to hear from local people about their views and values. To participate in the consultation, and to find out more about our financial plans, please click on the link below.
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Essex County Council fully complies with information legislation. If you would...More
At Essex County Council, we want to help residents in Brentwood to have the opportunity to walk and cycle to school. Walking and cycling have been proven to provide many benefits including improvement to peoples physical and mental health and well-being, and decrease pollution and noise. We want to help provide a safe space for people to walking, scoot, or cycle for all or part of their journey.
We are interested in understanding your experiences in regard to Middleton Hall Lane, and...More
At Essex County Council, we want to help residents in Colchester to have the opportunity to walk and cycle to school. Walking and cycling have been proven to provide many benefits including improvement to peoples physical and mental health and well-being, and decrease pollution and noise. We want to help provide a safe space for people to walking, scoot, or cycle for all or part of their journey.
We are interested in understanding your experiences in regard to Norman Way, Sussex...More
At Essex County Council, we want to help residents in Colchester to have the opportunity to walk and cycle to school. Walking and cycling have been proven to provide many benefits including improvement to peoples physical and mental health and well-being, and decrease pollution and noise. We want to help provide a safe space for people to walking, scoot, or cycle for all or part of their journey.
We are interested in understanding your experiences in regard to John Harper and...More
At Essex County Council, we want to help residents in Wickford to have the opportunity to walk and cycle to school. Walking and cycling have been proven to provide many benefits including improvement to peoples physical and mental health and well-being, and decrease pollution and noise. We want to help provide a safe space for people to walking, scoot, or cycle for all or part of their journey.
We are interested in understanding your experiences in regard to Hyde Way, Elder Drive,...More
This survey is for residents in Brentwood to help us understand your travel habits and how the streets are experienced, including what your barriers are and what would encourage you to walk and cycle for shorter trips more often.
In particular this survey seeks to monitor the impact of the active travel fund 2 works in Brentwood which included the introduction of 20mph streets and the creation of new Healthy School Streets.
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The Dovercourt Public Realm Scheme aims to deliver a series of streetscape improvements along the Kingsway corridor in Dovercourt to help revitalise the town centre.
The proposed scheme will create a more inviting route along Kingsway between Dovercourt Railway Station, the town centre and seafront, helping make the town centre an even more attractive place to live, work, shop and visit.
It is an important initial phase of a programme of regeneration of Dovercourt...More
This consultation has now closed. Thank you for taking part and sharing your views. The responses are currently being independently analysed, and the report will be available here in February 2024. If you have any queries before the report is available, please contact wastestrategyforessex@essex.gov.uk
Councils across Essex are working in partnership to develop a new Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy. This draft Waste Strategy for Essex sets out how we will manage...More
Essex County Council want to identify walking and cycling routes to provide residents with a wider choice of how they travel around in Basildon, Castle Point, Rochford, and Witham.
By developing the proposed cycling and walking networks, we can make our streets healthier. They become safer for those who want to walk or cycle as well as more accessible and easier to move around. Walking and cycling also help's to improve our physical health and wellbeing.
At this...More
This consultation has now closed. Thank you for taking part and sharing your views. The responses are currently being analysed, and the report will be available here in the new year.
In 2022, Essex County Council (ECC) started a pilot requiring users to book visits to recycling centres. It was introduced in response to challenges of high demand at peak times, particularly at weekends, leading to queuing and congestion, impacting neighbouring properties and the environment, as well as...More
We are about to start designing proposed improvements to a walking and cycling route in Harlow- and we would love to hear your views. The route is around 4.5km and starts east of the Velizy Avenue roundabout and finishes at Sheering Road, passing along First Avenue/Mandela Avenue.
Please note, while the route runs along Gilden Way, there are no improvements proposed to the existing shared cycleway/footway on Gilden Way.
Please see the map below or...More
We are about to start designing proposed improvements to a walking and cycling route in Colchester- and we would love to hear your views. The route is 8 kms and starts at the Severalls Lane/Mill Road roundabout and finishes on Avon Way at the Greenstead roundabout junction.
Please see the map below or download it here .
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We are about to start designing proposed improvements to a walking and cycling route in Chelmsford- and we would love to hear your views. The route is approximately 4km in length and starts on New Street and finishes at New Nabbotts Way where it meets the A130 White Hart Lane roundabout at Beaulieu Park passing through Anglia Ruskin University and the Chelmer Valley Nature Reserve.
Please see the map below or download it here .
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We are about to start designing proposed improvements to a walking and cycling route in Basildon- and we would love to hear your views. The route is is 4.5km long and starts at Broadmayne, just east of the Ghyllgrove and Southernhay crossroads and finishes at Fairleigh Avenue/Fairleigh Road.
Please see the map below or download it here .
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The consultation concerns proposed changes to the Essex Formula for Funding Schools (the Essex local formula) for the financial / academic year 2024/25.
The consultation is for all primary and secondary schools, both maintained and academies. The Essex local formula 2024/25 will calculate budget allocations for maintained schools between April 2024 and March 2025 and academies between September 2024 and August 2025.
Each individual schools’ allocation for 2023/24, the...More
Essex County Council (ECC) are looking to understand how residents of Essex access Mental Health Services in the community and how they use Digital Services to support their Mental Health and Wellbeing.
This survey will take approximately 5-10 minutes to complete and the findings will help to shape future options for community support.
Your responses will be confidential and you won't be identified from anything we report on.
Essex County Council fully complies...More
Providing a positive experience for all people that meet with Social Care is something we strive for. By understanding the real time experience, we can better appreciate and consider where improvements are needed.
This Adult Experience Audit Tool is framed around the Thinking Local Act Personal (TLAP), Making it Real program themes, to reflect the most important elements of personalised care and support:
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Essex County Council Adult Social Care is dedicated to continuously improving the experiences of adults, their representatives and families who engage with us and our services. To support with this, we are seeking the views of our residents about the quality of their engagement and experiences of our Adult Social Care and support services.
This survey is aimed at people who have engaged with Essex Adult Social Care in the last 12 months, whether in respect of support currently in place,...More
Essex County Council want to improve walking and cycling routes to provide residents with a wider choice of how they travel.
By developing cycling and walking networks, we can make our streets healthier by reducing congestion and improving air quality. They become safer for those who want to walk or cycle aswell as more accessible and easier to move around. Walking and cycling also offer help improve our physical health and wellbeing.
We are doing...More
What are Healthy School Streets? There is a clear opportunity to improve the street environment around schools, to make streets safer. This could include a number of different measures to make it easier to walk or cycle to school. However, we would really like to hear your views, to shape the next stage of Healthy School Streets to be implemented next year and help us plan for the future.
From engaging with the school local community, last year we:
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At Essex County Council we want our social workers to be the best that they can be. Our promise to all children and young people sets out what you can expect.
Please complete this short survey to tell us how well we are doing at keeping our promise. Your feedback will be kept safe and secure and you can choose to complete this anonymously if you want to. If you tell us that you are unsafe or in need of help, we may try to contact you to talk about this.
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Under the Data Protection Act we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. This information will only be used to improve and develop our child protection services and will not be kept longer than is necessary to do so, paper questionnaires up to 1 year and electronic files up to 5 years. We will not share your personal details with another agency unless we have concerns that you or another individual is at risk of harm. ...More
Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences of child protection conferences. What you say is anonymous which means your name will not be mentioned in our reports. However if you tell us something which makes us concerned about the safety of a child a social worker may contact you.
Under the Data Protection Act we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. This information will only be used to improve child protection...More
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience of child protection conferences. What you tell us is anonymous which means your name will not be mentioned in our reports. However, if what you tell us makes us concerned for the safety of a child a social worker may contact you.
Under the Data Protection Act we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. This information will only be used to improve our child protection...More
Under the Data Protection Act we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. This information will only be used to improve and develop our child protection services and will not be kept longer than is necessary to do so, paper questionnaires up to 1 year and electronic files up to 5 years. We will not share your personal details with another agency unless we have concerns that you or another individual is at risk of harm. ...More