In the news: April 2025

Basildon Council has successfully obtained an injunction against a Wickford tenant due to persistent anti-social behaviour. The Court also issued a ban on the tenant's visitor, prohibiting them from entering the area.

Records were broken when the popular waste collection service The Crunch, saw a whopping record breaking 114.39 tonnes of waste collected - more than the least two Crunch events combined.

Basildon businesses are being warned to stay alert after reports of a scam targeting owners of licensed premises. The scam involves a fake licensing officer who contacts businesses directly, claiming that their annual licensing fees are due.

Basildon Council has expressed its excitement following the announcement that St Anne Line Catholic Infant School will be part of the first group of schools to benefit from the Government's new funding for nursery places.

Basildon Council has appointed new Safer Communities Enforcement officers to patrol local estates and town centres, ensuring compliance with the council's Public Space Protection Orders (PSPO).

Leader of the council was at the opening of 48 new properties at Burnt mills Road list to see residents move into their new homes.

Basildon residents, born and raised in the area, are set to benefit from this latest batch of council homes at Cricketers Court built by Basildon Council for Basildon people. The scheme demonstrates the Council's continuing commitment to meeting local housing needs.

The Leader of Basildon Council has paid tribute to the longest swerving councillor in the history of Basildon Council and former Mayor, Cllr David Harrison who sadly passed away last Sunday night.

Baroness Sharon Taylor, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government, is in Basildon today officiating at the topping out ceremony of the new housing estate at the Western edge of Basildon Town centre. "Topping out" is celebrated when the last structural component of a building is in place, and it has reached its highest point.

A vulnerable Basildon resident who had her live blighted by domestic abuse has now got her life back thanks to timely intervention from the council's anti-social behaviour officers.

Basildon Council's Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) team has successfully secured a possession order, resulting in a council tenant losing their home due to persistent anti-social behaviour.

Basildon residents are being reminded that there will be some changes to their bin collection days over the Easter Bank Holiday.