Find your councillor

Find a meeting

Watch a meeting

How we make decisions

Chairman of Council

Epping Forest Youth Council

Comments, compliments and complaints

Committees and panels

Parish and Town Councils

Council services – who does what

Constitution

Consultations and petitions

Policies, plans and strategies

Members portal guides

This page is for use for by councillors at Epping Forest District Council.

Residents and public should use the search bar at the top of this page to search for what you are looking for.

Members guides

iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS)

Modern.Gov

Modern.Gov allows you to download and view agendas, reports, decisions and meeting minutes.

You must be logged in to access the links in the below table to the Modern.Gov Extranet:

 
Meetings calendar Committee structure Committees and panels
District Councillors County Councillors MPs
Decisions Forward plans Subscribe to updates
Election results Constitution Petitions
Parish and Town Councils Outside bodies Search documents
What’s new Work to do

Webcasts

We webcast some meetings live as they happen. You can find old meetings going back to 2018 on our YouTube channels.

Apply for a service

Book an activity or event

Quick contacts

Flooding

If the flooding is:

  • From a raised manhole cover contact Thames Water on 0800 3169800‬‬‬
  • From a road gulley drain or storm drain contact Essex County Council on 0345 6037631‬‬‬
  • Your house contact our customer contact centre on 01992 564000‬‬

Homelessness

If you are concerned about someone over the age of 18 that you have seen sleeping rough, use this website to send an alert to StreetLink. The details you provide are sent to the local authority or outreach service for the area in which you have seen the person, to help them find the individual and connect them to support.

Do not contact StreetLink if you think the person is under 18, call the police.

Local Highway Panel (LHP)

Planning

Parking on the road

Roadworks

Traffic Orders

WorkBuzz

Information for members on the new employee survey, WorkBuzz.

Layers of different councils and their responsibilities

Essex County Council

Responsibilities

  • Adult social care and health
  • Footpaths and pavements
  • Libraries
  • List of all areas they are responsible for – https://www.essex.gov.uk/local-councils
  • School and education
  • Planning
  • Register births and deaths
  • Roads – Essex Highways
  • Transport – buses and trains
  • Waste – Disposal of waste and recycling centres – https://www.loveessex.org/

Epping Forest District Council

Responsibilities

  • Benefits
  • Business rates
  • Business regulations – including public health
  • Community, Culture and Wellbeing – including booking events and museums
  • Council Tax
  • Crime and safety, including safeguarding
  • Environment – including highway rangers and grounds maintenance
  • Housing
  • Leisure
  • Licensing
  • Parking and street furniture
  • Planning
  • Waste collections – including public litter bins and dog bins
  • Street numbering and naming

Parish and Town Councils

There are 24 Parish and Town Councils in the Epping Forest district. Find out where these Councils are located on the Parish and Town Councils page.

Responsibilities

  • Allotments
  • Benches
  • Burial grounds
  • Bus shelters – some not all
  • Cemeteries
  • Christmas lights
  • Community centres
  • Community days and fun fairs
  • Grounds maintenance
  • Markets
  • Playgrounds
  • Recreation grounds
  • Removal of illegal signs on lampposts or fly posting
  • Some public bins – Loughton Rec Ground where the lake is – bins are Loughton Town Council responsibility – dog bin is EFDCs
  • Town and village halls
  • War memorials
  • Welcome signs and notice boards

Training videos

Planning training sessions

More information