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Rochford: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Rochford District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of ESS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Essex County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Rochford for 2026–27: £272.88 of a £2,363.48 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£120,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.8 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.9 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £5.3 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.9 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.0 million |
| Other services | £324,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £17.1 million |
Life in Rochford: the official facts
- People living here
- 90,760 people
- Typical age
- 45 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £27,085
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £722
- Children growing up in poverty
- 17.4%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.2%
- Average price of a home
- £405,340
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 9.1 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 3.5 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 89.9%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 75.7 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,955 businesses
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Conservatives and independents.
Councillors by party: Reform UK 13, Independent / Other 9, Conservative and Unionist 7, Liberal Democrats 6, Rochford District Residents 4.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- Chris Stanley (Liberal Democrats) — Downhall and Rawreth
- James Newport (Liberal Democrats) — Downhall and Rawreth
- Rob Ince (Reform UK) — Downhall and Rawreth
- Daniel Efde (Conservative and Unionist) — Foulness and The Wakerings
- Gary Myres (Independent / Other) — Foulness and The Wakerings
- Jo McPherson (Independent / Other) — Foulness and The Wakerings
- Katherine Reid (Reform UK) — Hawkwell East
- Mike Webb (Independent / Other) — Hawkwell East
- Robert Reid (Reform UK) — Hawkwell East
- Ian Wilson (Rochford District Residents) — Hawkwell West
- Nick Booth (Rochford District Residents) — Hawkwell West
- Stephen Mace (Reform UK) — Hawkwell West
- Adrian Eves (Rochford District Residents) — Hockley
- Gary Wheeler (Reform UK) — Hockley
- Phil Capon (Rochford District Residents) — Hockley
- Carl Turner (Reform UK) — Hockley and Ashingdon
- Michael Carter (Conservative and Unionist) — Hockley and Ashingdon
- Roger Constable (Conservative and Unionist) — Hockley and Ashingdon
- Michael Hoy (Liberal Democrats) — Hullbridge
- Tina Hughes (Reform UK) — Hullbridge
- Tracey Knight (Independent / Other) — Hullbridge
- Angela Sutton (Reform UK) — Lodge
- Ian Ward (Conservative and Unionist) — Lodge
- Robert Milne (Independent / Other) — Lodge
- Neil Hookway (Reform UK) — Roche North and Rural
- Phil Shaw (Conservative and Unionist) — Roche North and Rural
- Simon Wootton (Conservative and Unionist) — Roche North and Rural
- Angelina Marriott (Conservative and Unionist) — Roche South
- Arthur Williams (Independent / Other) — Roche South
- Tino Callaghan (Reform UK) — Roche South
- Elizabeth Brewer (Liberal Democrats) — Sweyne Park and Grange
- Lisa Newport (Independent / Other) — Sweyne Park and Grange
- Stuart Prior (Reform UK) — Sweyne Park and Grange
- Kumar Ghosh (Reform UK) — Trinity
- Matthew O'Leary (Liberal Democrats) — Trinity
- Sarah Page (Independent / Other) — Trinity
- Adi Malviya (Reform UK) — Wheatley
- Mike Sutton (Liberal Democrats) — Wheatley
- Richard Linden (Independent / Other) — Wheatley