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Tree-mendous planting season – and you can get involved

Published 27th November 2020 With national tree week starting tomorrow, we would like to remind residents they can help increase the number of trees in the town by planting in their gardens. National tree week is between 28 November and 6 December and is designed to highlight the start of…

Southend-on-Sea to go into Tier 2 restrictions next week

Published 26th November 2020 The Government has announced that when the present lockdown restrictions lift on 2 December, Southend will be moved from Medium Alert (tier 1) to High Alert (tier 2) restrictions. This decision, disappointingly, has not been briefed to the Council in advance, but was simply added to…

Views sought on Borough’s conservation areas

Published 21st November 2020 Local residents are being asked to give their views on the Borough’s 14 conservation areas. Southend council has a duty to review existing conservation areas to ensure they are up to date and relevant. New and updated draft ‘conservation area appraisals’ have been prepared as part…

Youth Council take part in ‘Make your Mark’

Published 18th November 2020 Southend Youth Council members are taking part in this year’s virtual Make your Mark voting, organised by the British Youth Council, and so can all other 11-18 year olds in the borough. The Make your Mark campaign, normally organised during September but delayed due to the…

Course to help residents into work in the care sector

Published 17th November 2020 Residents with an interest in starting up a career in the care sector are being urged to register their interest in a successful career-starting project. The Sector Based Work Academy in Care is a joint project between Job Centre Plus, Southend Adult Community College, and Southend-on-Sea…

Children’s winter reading challenge

Published 14th November 2020 Following the success of the Summer Reading Challenge, children across Southend are being invited to join the Winter Mini Challenge and become reading heroes. The Winter Mini Challenge, which runs from Tuesday 1st December 2020 – Friday 15th January 2021, encourages children to keep up their…

Southend Residents’ Newsletter, Autumn 2020

Published 6th November 2020 Virus restrictions mean that we’ve been unable to deliver the latest edition of our residents’ newsletter right across the borough, so we’ve made a copy available to download or read on screen by clicking here. Among the issues it covers are our Labour-led Council’s plans to…

Survey – Council’s Empty Homes Strategy

Southend Council is in the process of formulating its Empty Homes Strategy for the next five years. It will set out a continued commitment to the work already begun by the Labour-led administration to reduce the number of empty homes in the borough, to increase the availability of good quality…

Conservation plans for Hamlet Court Road proposed

Published 27th October 2020 Part of Westcliff could become the Borough’s newest conservation area under plans being considered by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council’s cabinet next week. The cabinet is set to discuss (item 13, Tuesday 3 November) whether to launch a public consultation over proposals to designate a section of Hamlet…

Dedicated website launched for Southend pier

Published 26th October 2020 A new website dedicated to Southend pier has been launched to provide information on the history of the pier, upcoming events and raise the profile of our most famous visitor attraction. The website has been set up to give some insight into the history of Southend…

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