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Welcome to your new East Suffolk Council website

Should you have any issues or feedback specifically about the new site (broken links, missing information etc) please contact our Web Team. 

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Your new look East Suffolk Council website
  • Find your bin collection date

  • View a planning application

  • Register for social housing

  • Find your local councillor

  • Garden waste collections

  • Have your say

Better Recycling is coming to Suffolk

Better Recycling from 2026

A new, enhanced recycling service for East Suffolk.
Houses under construction

A new Local Plan for East Suffolk

How and where building development should take place in East Suffolk.

Planning

  • Planning applications
  • Building control
  • Planning policy and local plans

Housing

  • Council housing tenants
  • Privately rented housing
  • Homelessness advice and prevention

Rubbish and recycling

  • Household bin collections
  • Recycling
  • Garden waste

Council Tax

  • Your Council Tax account
  • Make a payment
  • Where your Council Tax goes

Your council

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  • Council meetings and decisions
  • Have your say

Parking

  • Car parks
  • Parking fines
  • Parking permits

Elections and voting

  • Election notices and results
  • Register to vote
  • Ways to vote

Environmental services

  • Coastal management
  • Tackling climate change
  • Public rights of way

Benefits, grants and support

  • Your account
  • Universal Credit
  • Cost of living support

Licensing

  • Alcohol and entertainment licensing
  • Taxi and private hire licensing
  • Gambling licences

Community initiatives

  • Community partnerships
  • Community Help Hub
  • Neighbourhood planning

Business and regeneration

  • Business rates
  • Regeneration projects
  • Food safety

Leisure and events

  • Sport and leisure centres
  • Health and fitness
  • Events on council land

Safety and emergencies

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Community Safety Partnerships
  • Protecting vulnerable people

Parks, grounds and facilities

  • Parks and open spaces
  • Grass cutting
  • Cemeteries and burials

Latest news

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Community called to support bat conservation in 2026

Group of people in hi-vis jackets with litter picking equipment

Teams brave storm for Kirkley cleanup

Train passing through a crossing

Leader reacts to Greater Anglia Service improvements

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Have your say - Latest consultations and engagement opportunities

Council seats

Devolution and local government reorganisation

Houses under construction

A new Local Plan for East Suffolk - Call for sites

Youth Voice - Have your say

Tell us what you think about East Suffolk

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