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St Edmundsbury Borough Council aims to improve the quality of life for everyone in the borough, whether you live, work or visit here.
Use these links to find out who your local councillor is, how to get on the electoral roll, details of your waste collection and recycling services, how much your Council Tax is and details of the other services we provide for the tax you pay, or visit our A-Z of services.
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Organising a street party or fete - If you are interested in organising a street party or fete, please download application forms and guidance notes. |
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Are you new to the area? - Find out about local services in our Guide to services |
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Antisocial behaviour - Suffolk is a safe county, but we are not immune from antisocial behaviour (ASB) and for many communities it is a key concern. We are working closely with the police to help keep Suffolk a safe and pleasant county in which to live, work and visit. |
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Cemetery service - Information about our cemeteries, arranging a funeral, memorials, repatriation |
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Community development - Community involvement, community grants, substance misuse, community safety and youth development. |
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Council Tax, rates and benefits - How to pay Business Rates and Council Tax. Find out if you are eligible for Council Tax or Housing Benefits. |
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Customer service - St Edmundsbury is committed to ensuring that customers wishing to access our services can do so easily and effectively. Our Customer Service Standards reflect our wish to provide the best service possible for all. |
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Elections and voting - Information on how to register to vote, how to stand as a candidate at an election and election results. |
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Emergency planning - The Suffolk Joint Emergency Planning Unit works with councils, emergency services, businesses and local communities to plan for emergencies. |
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Environmental health - Food safety, health and safety, health development, private sector housing conditions, environmental protection, neighbourhood noise, air pollution, land contamination, pest control information and dog control.
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Grounds maintenance - The landscape team carries out a broad range of grounds maintenance work within St Edmundsbury and undertakes work not only for the borough council, but also for housing associations and parish councils.
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Highways and transport - Neighbourhood parking schemes, improvement schemes, cycling, and more. The Engineering Services Team, manage the roads and footways in Bury St Edmunds under a licence from Suffolk County Council.
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Housing - Providing advice about housing options in St Edmundsbury. From private rental, shared ownership, Home-Link, lettings policy, homelessness to assisting in planning what type of housing we need for the future.
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Licensing - St Edmundsbury Borough Council issue a range of licences, permits, consents, and registrations which are designed to safeguard the welfare and safety of the general public, animals and the environment. |
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Online payments - You can pay your Council Tax, Business Rates, invoices, Housing Benefits over payments and car parking fines. |
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Parks - The Parks section manage and develop a wide range of green space, ranging from allotments, to the Abbey Gardens and West Stow Country Park. We also make leisure provision for people of all ages and organise a number of park ranger events throughout the year. |
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Planning and Building Control - Search for planning applications, make planning applications and advice and guidance on planning policy.
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Plans and policies - We have a number of plans and policies covering a range of issues, such as equality and diversity, and the Corporate Plan, which guide us by setting out our priorities and how we deliver services. Some of these are required by central government and others have been developed by the council to meet local needs. |
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Property services - We are responsible for the repair and maintenance of all the council owned buildings, war memorials and monuments, let the council commercial/industrial units as well as being responsible for projects such as the development of the Abbey West Front and maintain all public conveniences in Bury St Edmunds and Haverhill.
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Rural communities - From community transport and the rural coffee caravan to the Rural Areas Community Initiatives Fund and the Rural Action Plan.
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Tree management - The borough council is responsible for the maintenance of over 8000 individual trees and 135 hectares of woodland and tree belt located on borough owned land.
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Waste and recycling - Bin collections, recycling, bulky items, clinical waste, hazardous waste, commercial waste, street cleaning and more.
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Your council - Find your local councillor, information on how the council works, council meeting dates and papers, local Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), financial statements, the Mayoralty and Freedom of the borough. |
