Basildon sheltered housing re-designated to meet “tsunami of need”
Basildon Council has approved implementing a phased programme in which two supported living schemes will be re-designated for meeting general
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Basildon Council leader targets tree vandals
The leader of Basildon Council has called for vandals targeting trees planted to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee to be
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Essex has some of highest rates of landlord maladministration in the country
The Housing Ombudsman’s annual complaints review for 2022-23 has revealed that four of the 91 social landlords identified as having
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Basildon Council votes to oppose ULEZ expansion
Basildon Council has become the latest of a number of local authorities in the region to oppose ULEZ, including signage
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Basildon Council to debate fortnightly bin collections
An Essex authority will hold a debate over whether to reinstate weekly non-recyclable waste collections before they are scrapped in
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Basildon Council to implement temporary accommodation charge
Basildon Council has voted to begin charging contribution payments for its provision of temporary accommodation across the borough. At a
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Basildon Council’s longest serving leader dies aged 86
Basildon Council’s longest serving leader, John Potter, has died aged 86. John became leader of the council in 1973 and
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Basildon Council leader rejects advice to encourage constituents to eat less meat
The leader of Basildon Council has slammed a suggestion in a supporting document that the local authority should consider encouraging
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Fines for fly tippers in Basildon to be raised as borough cracks down on “environmental vandalism”
Basildon Council is to increase fixed penalty notice (FPN) fines for waste disposal offences in a bid to crack down
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Basildon Council told it wrongly refused plan for 50-football pitch solar farm
A solar farm the size of around 50 football pitches near Billericay has been given the green light after a
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